Category Archives: Featured Article

Carers Gloucestershire launches Walk a Mile in My Shoes to show support for unpaid carers

May 9, 2015   Carers, Featured Article

By Gloucestershire Echo  |  Posted: May 06, 2015

Footwear will be swapped between friends, family and strangers next month for the biggest carers awareness event in the south west.

Gloucestershire Echo Editor, Matt Holmes (second left) with from left, Chief Executive of Carers Gloucestershire, Tim Poole, Ruth Martel, Carers Gloucestershire Communications Manager, Nick Baker and Dave Martell

Carers Gloucestershire has launched its flagship fundraising event ‘Walk a Mile in My Shoes’, in conjunction with the Gloucestershire Echo and Gloucester Citizen.

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Where can I get a free PC?

May 5, 2015   Carers, disability, Featured Article, internet

FANCY a free computer?

It might seem unbelievable, but you could be eligible for one, or at least for a big discount, from one of the UK’s Government or charity schemes.

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More older carers ‘risking health’

April 30, 2015   Carers, charities, Featured Article

By Nick Triggle Health correspondent

The number of older carers in England is rising, with signs the pressures of looking after loved ones is damaging their health, research suggests.

The warning by Age UK and Carers UK came as the charities released figures showing there were 1.2m carers over 65 – a 25% rise in the past decade.

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