Category Archives: learning difficulties

Respite breaks for carers across the UK at a Caister–on–Sea holiday home

May 30, 2011   Carers, learning difficulties, mental health, Norfolk
Run by Great Yarmouth and Waveney Mind charity
Edited by Jane Hill editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
Carers are being offered the chance to take–a–break beside–the–seaside in a holiday home that has just opened. The newly refurbished house at Caister–on–Sea, offers respite breaks for carers, and is run by mental health charity Great Yarmouth and Waveney Mind.
The three–bedroom holiday home is the first of its kind in the region and is available for rent by any person or family who cares for a relative and is need of a respite break. The holidays are specifically aimed at offering carers a break, though they can choose to bring those who they care for on the holiday too.
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Disabled and disadvantaged youngsters trip out at risk

May 23, 2011   autism, Carers, cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, Norfolk

Shadow over future of Norwich to Lowestoft truckers’ convoy

By Stephen Pullinger
Monday, May 23, 2011
2:39 PM

Organisers of the region’s popular children’s convoy say this year’s event could be the last due to police reducing their level of support. 

For the past 25 years, crowds have lined the route from Norwich to Pleasurewood Hills theme park in Lowestoft on August bank holiday Sunday to cheer a convoy of up to 100 honking trucks taking disabled and disadvantaged youngsters and their families for a day out.

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Care offers 'life worth having'

May 12, 2011   Carers, learning difficulties

12 May 2011 Last updated at 00:44

Care offers ‘life worth having’

 Eddie Griffiths takes his son to the Eastham Centre in Wirral
Care for the most vulnerable people in the community is being reviewed up and down the country, as local councils deal with cuts to their budgets from central government.
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