This week is Carers Week, a week where national charities and local groups are recognising the contribution made by the 6.4 million people in the UK who care, unpaid, for ill, frail or disabled friends or family. However, more than most, carers are facing increasingly difficult times.
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Young Norfolk carers interview JLS star Oritse Williams
Young Norfolk carers interview JLS star Oritse Williams
Five young Norfolk carers who interviewed Oritse Williams from JLS before the pop band’s recent Carrow Road concert have put a video of their chat with him on YouTube.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7DyNiZQmes[/youtube]
The youngsters have lost carer services because of cuts to council funding and are campaigning to try and save some of the services, as part of National Carers Week.
The issue is close to the pop star’s heart as he cared for his mother from the age of 12, when she was diagnosed with MS.
The cuts carers are facing will bring greater costs in the long term
The cuts carers are facing will bring greater costs in the long term
Admissions to hospital and residential care will rise as carers are pushed to breaking point by a lack of support
Tuesday 14 June 2011 12.16 BST
An elderly lady is helped to her chair in a care home in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Angela Rippon CARERS Week Interview 2011
ANGELA RIPPON CARERS WEEK INTERVIEW
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n-eDCbe8H8[/youtube]
TV presenter Angela Rippon talks about Carers Week, and her experience as a carer for her mother.
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