A crisis in social care funding since the coalition government came to power has left many elderly people in
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Scarecrow festival’s £2,000 appeal boost for young carers
Staff at West Norfolk Carers’ received the cheque from the scarecrow festival organisers earlier this week
Wolferton scarecrow festival on Saturday – the Cookson children (from left): Bethany (9), Ben (4) and 6 year old Amy with the ‘guides sleepover’.
GENEROUS organisers of a scarecrow weekend have handed over a large cheque to the Lynn News Young Carers’ Appeal.
Wolferton Scarecrow Festival has donated £2,000 from the successful August fundraiser.
A crisis in social care funding
Elderly struggling to cope with social care cuts
Annual budgets allocated to help the over-65s have fallen by £1.3bn since 2010, a cut of nearly a fifth
Carer charities benefit from the new Health lottery
THE HEALTH LOTTERY: £200K CHEQUES FACTOR
By Ed Riley
FOUR charities were celebrating yesterday after pocketing nearly £200,000 in Health Lottery cash.
The payouts will help dementia sufferers, young carers and healthy living campaigns in Kent and Medway.