A crisis in social care funding since the coalition government came to power has left many elderly people in
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Young carers project saved by Children in Need
Slough young carers scheme future secure
Young carers in Berkshire have described how a support project has helped them cope with looking after their loved ones.
Slough Crossroads opens its doors for two hours each week, offering young people a much-needed break.
The service is open to children as young as four and offers advice and support throughout the week as well as weekly recreational activities.
£40m budget cuts- Unpaid family carers must be protected
Tees and Hartlepool Trust faces ‘huge’ £40m budget cuts
The Trust will go through a public consultation period to discuss possible cuts
Unions claim services will be hit and jobs lost after health bosses on Teesside announced “huge” budget cuts of £40m over the next three years.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is making £16m of cuts this year, followed by £14m in 2012/13 and £10m in 2013/14.
A crisis in social care funding
Elderly struggling to cope with social care cuts
Annual budgets allocated to help the over-65s have fallen by £1.3bn since 2010, a cut of nearly a fifth
The chancellor, George Osborne, promised to provide an extra £2bn for councils to spend on help for older people. Photograph: Corbis
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