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Norfolk carers charity close to £750,000 milestone

March 29, 2016   Carers, Featured Article, Norfolk

A remarkable milestone is set to be passed by a Norfolk charity dedicated to making life better for the thousands of unpaid carers of all ages in the county.

Paddy Seligman is chairman of the Norfolk Millennium Trust for Carers.

The Norfolk Millennium Trust for Carers has given grants to no fewer than 2,413 individual carers and 51 groups during its 15-year existence and the total amount of money paid out is set to top £750,000 by the end of April.

More than £500,000 has come from the income from investments, while the rest is money donated for specific items like laptops for young carers and wheelchair power packs.

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Problems faced when caring for someone with Dementia

March 23, 2016   Carers, dementia, Featured Article
Guest blog by Rev Eric Lomax
I live in Lincolnshire, and my parents Valerie and Eric Lomax, are elderly, and live on the Wirral. My mother, Valerie has been steadily declining with Alzheimer’s, for the lat two years, and this has made life very difficult for my father. She would stand at the window and stare out at people, and then demand to go out, looking for her family. Often she would hit my father, while he was driving the car, even on the motorway, and demand that he stop the car. Alternatively, she would get out the passenger side at traffic lights, or bang on the window of other cars. This was dangerous, and I saw  a steady decline in his health as a result of this.
For him, there was constant anxiety over what care would cost, and the fear that he would lose the money he had invested in his home. There was a real lack of information out there, and when I eventually persuaded him to seek advice, institutions would randomly use terms like ‘you will have to pay for her,’ without qualifying that, or explaining what this meant. For this reason, he resolved to struggle on.
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Why we have MP’s involved with our charity

March 22, 2016   Carers, disability, Featured Article, ukcuts

Budget 2016

Carers Uk state that Family Carers save the country £132 billion per year, almost double its value in 2001 and yet they remain the least helped by society and government.

Our trustees do not always agree with what the government does and that is why we find having an MP (Chloe Smith) as a trustee allows us to voice our concens on important issues and get them discussed urgently in Parliament.

Indeed we spoke with Chloe Smith MP on Thursday to say we did not agree with the latest disability cuts, she noted what was said and will mention our views in Parliament because she cares deeply for the carers and those whom they care for.

We are grateful to all of our hardworking trustees, including Chloe Smith  and our Patron Nick for giving of their time, when we know sometimes the trustees  have difficult caring roles, but their actions enables our carers forum to remain a safe place for family carers to chillout out 24 hours a day.

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