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Helpful course for carers in Chard
CHARD: Support for carers in Chard
CHARD Carers Support Group have just finished a four week course at the Springmead Surgery giving them a certification from St John Ambulance in dementia, memory loss and stress management.
They had a special visit from Ross Young, chief executive officer of St John Ambulance, Somerset, who presented them with their certificates. The carers support programme periodically offers courses to the group, including first aid, as well as offering important information.
This group for young people must not be shut
Cuts will lead to more mental health issues
7:00am Friday 1st April 2011
SHUTTING a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered young people could lead to an increase in mental health problems and even suicide, a youth worker has warned.
Space Youth Project started in Bournemouth nearly eight years ago and has since expanded across Dorset.
‘No one seems to care about the carers’
‘No one seems to care about the carers’
Care: Full-time carers, Freda and Albert Redfearn with their daughter Lorraine at their home in Bamber Bridge
A FAMILY of a severely disabled woman has blasted cuts to public spending and claim they will be left unable to cope.
