Category Archives: disability
Cash for new carers’ group
CARERS in Congresbury look set to benefit from some respite as plans for a new group advance.
At a village parish council meeting last week members agreed to give £720 to Crossroads, which offers support, advice and information to carers throughout North Somerset.
The funds will allow carers in the village to meet monthly and can pay for them to take part in activities of their choice.
Looking after the carers as well
7:30am Tuesday 19th April 2011
A FREE course to help improve the life of carers is starting up at the Abbey Medical Centre at Merstow Green, in Evesham, from May 31.
Bank holidays are not good for family carers or the disabled
Five bank holidays in a 6 week period mean that many thousands of sick, elderly, disabled and their carers are being forced to manage alone without care help,
Even if the agencies or local authoroties can provide care workers on these days, many vulnerable people are unable to afford the extra charges for bank holiday working.
So for all the millions being lavished on the royal wedding, as usual it is the ones who can least afford it who suffer.
Written by a carer
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