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Young carers get Waitrose support
“The money will help pay for activities and give our young people a break from their caring duties.”Published on Friday 7 October 2011 11:32
A GAYWOOD-BASED young carers’ group has been given a £558 donation by a Waitrose store to help continue its vital support to local children.
The money has come from the Swaffham store’s green token scheme, part of its Community Matters initiative, which benefits three local good causes nominated by staff each month.
Dementia care ideas in Norfolk and Suffolk could benefit from £420,000 fund
Anyone in Norfolk and Suffolk can apply. It could be an individual looking after a dementia sufferer or someone working in health care
By DONNA-LOUISE BISHOP, Reporter Thursday, October 6, 2011
12.58 PM
A total of £420,000 in funding is being made available during next year under a new scheme to help people battling with dementia in Norfolk and Suffolk.
A new initiative, the Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance, is asking applicants to apply for funding which could see their idea or organisation benefit from as much as £70,000.
Up to six applications could be successful, three in the first round in January and three more next July.
EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL NOW
There are 750,000 people with dementia in the UK and by 2021 there will be more than a million
Friday October 7,2011
By Joanna Della-Ragione
LOSING your brain is akin to losing your life, though we mostly associate dementia with the very elderly who become bewildered, helpless and sometimes unable to perform the simplest tasks.
Indeed that’s what hardworking Tom Coppins thought, at least until he was diagnosed with the disease himself. “If you get a lump the first thing you think of is cancer,” says former lorry driver Tom, 59. “But if your memory starts going in your 50s you don’t automatically think of dementia.
