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Message from a carer to Staffordshire County Council re respite
Complex situation for respite carers
IN NOVEMBER I received a letter from the social services department inviting me to a meeting, to offer my opinion as a parent/carer into the plans to offload respite care for young adults with a learning disability into the private sector.
The meeting would take place on an industrial estate and I would be granted a 20 minute slot. As one who does not frequent industrial estates I had to ring to find out where it was.
Computer suite launch event for special needs children and Carers
Computer suite launch event
CELEBRATIONS will mark the launch of a computer suite for children with special needs by a parents’ and carers’ support group.
Asperger’s Children and Carers Together is holding the event at the Garden and Pavilion Room in St Mary’s Church and Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, on Thursday, January 19.
Help for unpaid carers in Wales with £5.8m for training
Unpaid carers in Wales get help with £5.8m for training
New regulations aimed at supporting unpaid carers in Wales have come into force.
They will mean that over the next three years, £5.8m will go to health boards to help them train staff and work on plans to help carers obtain better information and guidance.
