A crisis in social care funding since the coalition government came to power has left many elderly people in
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Scarecrow festival’s £2,000 appeal boost for young carers
Staff at West Norfolk Carers’ received the cheque from the scarecrow festival organisers earlier this week
Wolferton scarecrow festival on Saturday – the Cookson children (from left): Bethany (9), Ben (4) and 6 year old Amy with the ‘guides sleepover’.
Published on Friday 28 October 2011 14:20
GENEROUS organisers of a scarecrow weekend have handed over a large cheque to the Lynn News Young Carers’ Appeal.
Wolferton Scarecrow Festival has donated £2,000 from the successful August fundraiser.
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
