Category Archives: Carers

60 disadvantaged and vulnerable people on the Santa Special

December 24, 2011   Carers, disability, Norfolk

All aboard for the Santa Special at Dereham

By IAN CLARKE
Saturday, December 24, 2011
1:48 PM

There were smiles and waves as dozens of children and adults were given a ride on the Santa Special train on the Mid Norfolk Railway on Friday.

Dressed up volunteers and entertainers ready to go on the Santa train on the Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham. Picture: Denise Bradley
Children from SNAP (Special Needs and Parents), from left, Alfie Brown, 11; Ruby Syer, 5; Lexi Syer, 2; and Finlay Callam, 3; on the Round Table sleigh as they wait to go off on the Santa train at the Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham. Picture: Denise Bradley

Dereham and District Round Table used some of the thousands of pounds it collects from its sleigh collections to hire a carriage for more than 60 disadvantaged and vulnerable people of all ages on the pre-Christmas journey from Dereham to Wymondham.

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My Christmas wish-to have a conversation with my son

December 23, 2011   autism, Carers

I am blessed.

I have a beautiful wife who loves me.  I have a super 6-year-old son who has autism.  I have a terrific 3-year-old girl who thinks she’s 13-years-old.  I live in the greatest state in the USA (Texas of course) I have a job that I enjoy, I have my health.  We are blessed.

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Spare a thought for carers this Christmas

December 23, 2011   Carers, disability

Our forum will be open over the Christmas Holiday

 

For many carers this Christmas it will be no different to any other time of year,  while families go out shopping,
attending parties and having time off work enjoying the festive season, carers still have to do the same things regardless.

Illness and disability doesn’t go away just because it’s Christmas.  The TV portrays  families having a perfect Christmas, but as we know, this is not the same for every family.

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