Category Archives: family

Man’s random acts of kindness melt hearts around the world

October 9, 2016   Carers, family, Featured Article, Social care

A kindhearted man embarked on a mission to help strangers with everyday things.

Joe, a London-based Maths tutor, decided that he wanted to dedicate a day to doing nice things for people he didn’t know.

In the video, Joe walks around asking people: “Can I help you with anything?”

At first, people seem sceptical, and Joe admits that most people seemed suspicious of his question.

“People don’t really want your help enough for them to put themselves in danger of someone who might have ulterior motives.”

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Life on a low income in the UK today

July 27, 2016   Carers, disability, family, Featured Article, fuel poverty, Older care, ukcuts

Part of Solve UK poverty

Making ends meet when you have very little is extremely hard work. More than one in three families in the UK today – over two million families – have an inadequate income.

A new report by Loughborough University for JRF Falling short: the experiences of families living below the Minimum Income Standard looks at 30 families who are all living below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). This is an income level determined by regular research asking the public what they think is required for an acceptable living standard in the UK today – including social participation as well as physical essentials. Some are managing to get by, but can’t imagine being able to stretch to a day trip or low cost family holiday. Others struggle to afford material necessities like food and school uniforms.

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Shipley-based Carers’ Resource director says more still needs to be done

July 10, 2016   Carers, disability, family, Featured Article

Fight for carers’ rights

Carers’ Resource director Chris Whiley

Kathie Griffiths, T&A Reporter /

THE boss of a Shipley charity says there still needs to be a greater understanding and recognition of carers, one year after the Government brought in an Act to boost their rights.

Chris Whiley, director of Carers’ Resource, the integrated carers’ service for Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, said the findings of a one-year-on review of the 2015 Care Act should now be used as a tool to further promote and fight for carers’ rights.

She was speaking after Carers Trust, the UK’s national charity for unpaid carers, asked carers if the introduction of the Care Act had impacted on support they received. In some instances, the review revealed carers who were unaware of the act and its implications on them.

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