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Norwich Carers Forum event for Carers Rights Day
NORWICH EVENT TO HELP CARERS WITH MONEY MATTERS
Carers Rights Day, 2nd December 2011
Thousands of people living in Norfolk look after sick and disabled relatives at home, and may be missing out on vital benefits and support.
Carers can find out more by attending a special Carers Rights Day event organised by Norwich and District Carers Forum on Friday 2nd December at The Charing Cross Centre in Norwich from 1.30-3.30pm.
Family unpaid Carers feel isolated without access to the internet!
Elderly people would be less lonely if they were “plugged in” to the world wide web, according to the internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox.
By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Editor
The Lastminute.com founder, now the Government’s “digital champion”, said that grandparents could speak to their families over Skype, could order groceries online and learn more about their favourite pastimes.
Where has the money gone that was meant to go to Carers?
Spending on carers falls despite extra funding
7:00am Monday 28th November 2011
NEW research has found that spending on NHS support for unpaid carers has fallen – despite millions of pounds of extra funding being allocated for the purpose.
A year after the government allocated £400 million to primary care trusts for England’s five million carers, a study by the Princess Royal Trust and Crossroads Care looked into how it was being invested.
