Category Archives: Carers

North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb and boxing legend Frank Bruno team up to help young people with mental health problems

June 2, 2016   Carers, Featured Article, mental health, Norfolk

 It is a cause close to both their hearts, and now a former Government minister and a boxing legend are teaming up to support young people with mental health problems.

North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb is backing a move by ex-world champion Frank Bruno to set up a charitable foundation to help some of the most vulnerable members of the community.

Mr Lamb has contacted Minister for Civil Society Rob Wilson to promote the initiative following a meeting with Mr Bruno in North Walsham last week.

He is hoping it may be possible for 15-17 year olds involved in National Citizen Service to support the work of the proposed foundation.

“I know Frank quite well through our previous joint action on mental health,” said Mr Lamb.

“We have worked together on a number of things and I have a high regard for him. He has been very open speaking about his mental health challenges.

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1.2 million unpaid carers living in poverty, says report

May 25, 2016   Carers, Featured Article, poverty
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Across the UK, 1.2 million people who provide unpaid care are poverty-stricken

More than a million carers are in poverty, a new report suggests.

Across the UK, 1.2 million people who provide unpaid care are poverty-stricken, according to the report from the New Policy Institute (NPI).

There are around 5.3 million informal carers around the UK, most of whom provide care for a family member.

The report from the NPI, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that the poverty rate is much higher among working-age adults providing more than 20 hours of care a week.

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WRAP offers a lifeline to sufferers and carers

May 21, 2016   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, internet, Older care
By Sarah Evans –

The show will be held during Carers’ Week on Wednesday, 8th June, at the Stratford ArtsHouse, from 10am until 4pm.

AS the Alzheimer’s Society helps mark Dementia Awareness Week, until Saturday, 21st May, a Warwickshire charity which supports people on a dementia journey, is expanding its services in Stratford.

Warwickshire Reminiscence Action Project — better known as WRAP — was initially set up 20 years ago to support and train people caring for older people in the community.

It started under the control of Warwickshire’s Community Education Service, but is now a registered charity in its own right.

Over the years, more and more people have started looking after a loved one living with dementia, and WRAP’s support services have grown and adapted to their needs.

It has been estimated that around 670,000 people in the UK care for a loved one living with a form of dementia, which WRAP understands can be a lonely and overwhelming role.

Mike Strophair, who founded WRAP, told the Herald: “People can live very positively with dementia and at WRAP we are here to support those people and their loved ones.

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