Monthly Archives: February 2012
Rotary give welcome cheque to Angus Carers
Rotary’s bumper cheque for Angus Carers
MONIFIETH Rotary president Mike Leonard presents a cheque for £3,000 to Katie Webster of Angus Carers at the meeting in the Grange Golf Club last Wednesday evening.
Also pictured are members of the golf committee, from left – Adrian Arthur, Norman Howie and David Barrie.
The money was raised at the Rotary Am Am event held at Barry, which realised the impressive total of £5,000. Angus Carers is the major recipient of the money raised.
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Norfolk young carers all set for right royal treat
The Lynn News is working with West Norfolk Carers to help improve the lot of youngsters who are giving up their childhood to help care for relatives.
YOUNGSTERS who care for sick relatives will be given a right royal treat later this year.
Residents living in the Windsor Road area of Lynn will be joining in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a street party on Monday, June 4.
The organisers of the party will be raising money on the day to treat children and teenagers to a day out at Sandringham in the summer.
Welfare benefits: work till you drop, literally?
Drop the Welfare Bill instead!
Plans to make even seriously ill or disabled people work without pay, or risk having their benefits cut, have met with wide criticism. There will be no time limits on such work placements, to be introduced when the Welfare Reform Bill has been passed by the UK Parliament.
There has been much criticism of often inaccurate “work capability assessments”, carried out by private company Atos to decide whether sick and disabled people should receive employment and support allowance. Decisions to refuse this benefit are frequently overturned on appeal. But now, even those whose claim is accepted could (with a few exceptions) be ordered to undertake unpaid work if a job advisor thinks it appropriate.
