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Airport gets young carers’ driving dreams airborne
Airport gets young carers’ driving dreams airborne
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Think of Belfast City Airport and driving lessons don’t immediately spring to mind. But all that is about to change for a group of young carers
They’ve just been awarded over £5,000 from the George Best Belfast City Airport Community Fund. The five are members of the charity Action for Children Northern Ireland and the funds will be spent on helping them learn to drive.
Young carers are children and young people under 18 whose lives are restricted by the need to care for a person who has an illness, a disability or issues with their mental health or with drugs or alcohol.
People with learning difficulties and their carers not welcome at Butlins
Butlin’s ought to think again
www.thestar.co.uk
BUTLIN’S should find some way to open their doors to a party of Sheffield people with learning disabilities, and their carers, who have been told they are not welcome at their Skegness resort.
The official reason is that the holiday company does not welcome large groups of adults as they intimidate family parties at their camps. But there is surely a difference between the Sheffield party, which includes a 59-year-old Down’s Syndrome sufferer, and a party of hell-raisers on a stag night.
Good to see unpaid carers receiving recognition!
The Carer’s Award
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AWARD WILL BE JUDGED ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ONLY)
The award will be given to an unpaid carer who in the opinion of the judges can demonstrate commitment and perseverance in the care they give. Six million people a year provide unpaid care to either a relative, friend or child who is ill, frail or disabled. This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate the dedication that carers give to those they care for and the incredible contribution they make.
