Category Archives: carersweek

Financial woes of Norfolk’s carers revealed

June 11, 2011   Carers, carersweek

“Sometimes it was a decision of do we buy Tina’s medication or do we buy food?”  When will the government realize what it is like to be a carer in the UK today?

Financial woes of Norfolk’s carers revealed

By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent

 Saturday, June 11, 2011
11:54 AM 

The region’s carers are worth billions of pounds to our economy but are given so little financial support that they are left struggling to make ends meet. 

The extent of the country’s dependence on carers is revealed in new figures ahead of National Carers Week which starts on Monday.

The economic value of the contribution made by the UK’s carers is a remarkable £119bn
per year, according to a new report – considerably more than the annual cost of all aspects of the NHS, which was £98.8bn for 2009-10.

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Selby MP steps forward to support carers with television personality

June 8, 2011   Carers, carersweek

Selby MP steps forward to support carers with television personality

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Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams teams up with TV presenter Angela Rippon to support Carers Week.

Published on Wednesday 8 June 2011 15:56

COURAGEOUS carers throughout the constituency will be given parliamentary backing next week when Selby and Ainsty MP NIgel Adams gives his official support for Carers’ Week.

The local MP has teamed up with television presenter Angela Ripon to support the week running from June 13-19 to recognise the contribution made by those people locally and throughout the UK who provide unpaid care for someone who is ill, frail or disabled.

See this week’s Selby Times for full story.

http://www.selbytimes.co.uk/news/local-news/selby-news/selby_mp_steps_forward_to_support_carers_with_television_personality_1_3460748

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Find a bear in Carers Week

May 31, 2011   Carers, carersweek

 

Find a bear in Carers Week

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The Carers and the bears

Published on Tuesday 31 May 2011 09:18

Once a year Carers Week is celebrated all over the country – and nowhere more so than in the Ribble Valley.

The area’s Crossroads Care team acknowledges the role carers play in looking after loved ones in their own homes and know how they value respite breaks.

So during the special week from June 13 to 19, there will be several events taking place either to raise funds or to promote the service.

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