Category Archives: Carers

Carers Olympics

August 6, 2012   Carers

Carers Olympics.

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Carers Olympics Sessions for today.

The first visit to the games was early this morning and we are running this through again to bring you up to date.

1.   The Gettingupathon.

We join the discipline just before the alarm clock sounds and all the contestants are still in bed, asleep.
Just a moment , O dear, the contestant at No 28, has her eyes opens and the Judges have disqualified her. The rules clearly state the “all contestants must be sound asleep and, in order to qualify for Gold, must also be dreaming of a life without care and responsibility”.

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Norfolk’s young adult carers are the focus of new project

August 6, 2012   Carers, Norfolk, young carers

The role of carers has gained a higher profile in recent years as campaigners fight to get them the recognition they deserve.

But, as VICTORIA LEGGETT reports, one group remains largely hidden.

By VIctoria leggett, Education correspondent
Monday, August 6, 2012
7:30 AM

Carers of all ages were once a group of completely overlooked, entirely unsung heroes who spent their days and nights offering vital – and unpaid – support to their family members.

And while the challenges of that selfless role have not changed, their profile has at least been raised as campaigners fight to get them the recognition they deserve.

But now a new project is hoping to reach out to an often still hidden group of carers.

The Young Adult Carers Committee, organised by Crossroads Care East Anglia and Carers Trust, has been awarded £40,000 in Health Lottery funding to establish a support network for 16 to 25-year-olds.

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Serco set to take charge of ‘big society’ initiative

August 5, 2012   Carers, charities

Charities warn against bid to run David Cameron’s programme for teenagers, the National Citizen Service

Members of Catch22 Unity in Nottingham

Members of Catch22 Unity in Nottingham. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian

Serco, a leading private contractor, is in line to win a multimillion-pound contract to run the National Citizen Service, proposed by the prime minister as a “big society”, non-military version of national service for youngsters aged over 16.

The company, which recently announced global revenue of more than £4bn, has joined four charities in a controversial bid to run what has been described by the government as a key part of David Cameron’s big society vision. Serco and its partners hope to win eight of the 19 contracts currently up for tender, with an estimated value of nearly £100m over two years.

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