Category Archives: Carers

Computer suite launch event for special needs children and Carers

January 1, 2012   Carers, learning difficulties

Computer suite launch event

Published on Sunday 1 January 2012 06:10

CELEBRATIONS will mark the launch of a computer suite for children with special needs by a parents’ and carers’ support group.

Asperger’s Children and Carers Together is holding the event at the Garden and Pavilion Room in St Mary’s Church and Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, on Thursday, January 19.

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Help for unpaid carers in Wales with £5.8m for training

January 1, 2012   Carers, Wales

Unpaid carers in Wales get help with £5.8m for training

 Strategies to help carers get better information will be reviewed after 18 months

New regulations aimed at supporting unpaid carers in Wales have come into force.

They will mean that over the next three years, £5.8m will go to health boards to help them train staff and work on plans to help carers obtain better information and guidance.

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£66 million programme in Scotland to recycle old computers

December 30, 2011   Carers, Scotland

Festive boost for Highland communities and children

 

Festive boost for communities and children in the Highlands

An innovative project to recycle thousands of computers for use by communities and deserving children across the Scottish Highlands has been launched, in a festive season boost for many in the area.

 

The huge initiative to renovate equipment for re-use instead of landfill is funded by technology company Fujitsu and The Highland Council.

 

It is a spin-off from the current £66 million programme to replace and upgrade The Highland Council’s office and schools IT systems and assist the council in meeting targets to reduce its energy use and carbon emissions.

 

Fujitsu is investing over £300,000 in the recycling project to have up to 3,500 computers processed by specialist north of Scotland social enterprise ReBOOT and then redistributed across the region.
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