Category Archives: Carers

Carers and Families fighting against closure of two-year-old respite care home

This will be their only lifeline taken away

 

Under threat: At Cedar House are parents and carers with clients.

Published on Tuesday 6 September 2011 12:30FAMILIES of people with severe learning difficulties and physical disabilities are pleading with county bosses not to shut a Spalding respite care home.

Winchester supermarket rewards young carers

THERE’s nothing negative about this group of ‘hoodies’.

12:00pm Tuesday 6th September 2011

 

 Winchester Young Carers wear their hoodies with pride, with Andy Meechan (left) and Sarah Bowditch (right)


Sainsbury’s Winchester branch invited members of Winchester Young Carers to their shop in Middle Brook Street to present them with special hoodies.

Young Carers Group is set to be launched in Worcester

You are not alone, young carers told

6:20pm Monday 5th September 2011 

YOUNG carers in Worcestershire who help look after loved ones with a life-threatening illness now have their own support group.

Thetoday at the Snowdrop Centre at St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester.

The support group will meet on the first Monday of every month from 5.30pm to 7pm.

It is available to families who have a relative being helped by the St Richard’s team.