Category Archives: Carers
Blue Mood Month
Media
If you have a media enquiry about Blue Mood Month please contact the media team on: 020 7422 5556 or email media@sane.org.uk
Download the Blue Mood Month Press Release
SANE has teamed up with Feeling Gloomy & Spotify to harness the power of music to lift everyone’s spirits and encourage people to connect more with friends and family. Blue Mood Month launches January 16th and will run throughout 2012 as part of SANE’s 25th Anniversary Black Dog Campaign.
Do I look Like I Care Campaign
Carers’ Resource launches Do I Look Like I Care campaign
12:10pm Saturday 14th January 2012 in News
2012 heralds the start of a new era for a Craven charity as it launches a raft of major initiatives – spearheaded by a campaign to heighten awareness of the district’s hidden army of unpaid carers.
The Archbishop of York says our elderly men and women must not suffer
Elderly care: Commentary by the Archbishop of York
This year, and for many years to come, the demands on the national purse will be huge.
By Dr John Sentamu
7:00AM GMT 13 Jan 2012
We are in debt. We cannot go on spending as though there is no tomorrow. Stringent savings are needed, but must be applied with caution and compassion. Only the most callous would want defenceless elderly men and women to suffer as a result.
Today, the ratio of wage-earners to retired people is about 3:1 in the UK. As we are living longer and longer, that could become 2:1 by the time today’s teenagers have retired. That may not be as fearsome as it sounds:
• Older people are healthier than they used to be and laws governing the age of retirement are being changed.
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