Category Archives: Scotland

Scotland: (EAP) will be extended to people on carers allowance.

October 5, 2011   Carers, Scotland
Energy Assistance Package (EAP) will be extended to people on carers allowance.

 

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Secretary Alex Neil told MSPs the Energy Assistance Package (EAP) will be extended to up to 7,000 people on carers allowance.

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7,000 carers in Scotland could see their heating bills fall

October 4, 2011   Carers, Scotland
Heating bill scheme to help carers

(UKPA) – 1 hour ago

Up to 7,000 carers could see their heating bills fall after the Scottish Government announced it was expanding a special scheme.

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Red tape is the biggest worry for carers

September 23, 2011   Carers, Scotland
 The care support system, and not the care giving, that is causing stress.

 
Published Date: 23 September 2011
 

THE biggest stress unpaid carers face is not the work and attention involved in their duties, but dealing with local authority systems, it has been warned.
A group of carers has told MSPs that filling out forms, securing financial help and requesting assistance is harder than actual caring.

Politicians in attendance at the presentation vowed to seek improvements.

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