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Car clinic gets young carers mobile ON THE ROAD
Car clinic gets young carers mobile
By TERRY KELLY
ON THE ROAD … youth carers project co-ordinator Karen Ahmed, left, with Dawn Swales of Just Car Clinic, and staff and children of the Macmillan Cancer Support.
Published on Saturday 26 May 2012 14:00
HELP is getting into gear for three children on South Tyneside who are caring for their seriously ill father.
The children, aged nine, 11 and 14, from Jarrow, are supporting their dad, who is battling against a brain tumour.
But the youngsters often find visiting their father, who is in St Clare’s Hospice, Jarrow, difficult and stressful.
But help is available for the children and others, thanks to the South Tyneside Young Carers Project.
Blind people are ‘living in fear of welfare reforms’
Welfare reform threatens to steal their independence and dignity, David Miliband was told
The South Shields MP was at a summit in his constituency listening to the concerns of those who say the benefits cuts have left them at crisis point.
Rare cancer campaign launched for Nottinghamshire baby
A campaign has been launched to raise money for medical research after a Nottinghamshire baby boy was born with a rare form of cancer.
Austin Clift was born in September with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, which affects about one in 200,000 children.
Children’s teams have been playing a charity football tournament in West Bridgeford in aid of Histiocytosis Research Trust.
The trust said about 50 children each year were diagnosed in the UK.
‘Spread to liver’
Austin’s father, Andy Clift, from East Leake, said his son was born with a rash from head to toe which doctors thought was chicken pox.
The baby was later diagnosed as having the rare cancer which can cause damage to parts of the body including bone marrow, skin, lungs, liver and brain.
