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Two young men walking to raise money for young carers
Duo show they care for Carers
Matthew, left, and Alistair.Picture: Derek Pelling 180711p07. To buy call 01296 619700
TWO former Lord Williams’s pupils are taking on a 200 mile coast-to-coast challenge to give something back to the school.
Alistair Box and Matthew Randall, both from Thame, are looking to raise money for the Lord Willaims’s Young Carers – a group set up to aid children and young adults who support ill or disabled members of their family.
Ashover Car and Bike Show
Ashover Car and Bike Show raising money for local charities
Ashover classic car show
Published on Monday 25 July 2011 16:23
Local charities are set to benefit after hundreds of classic cars and bikes turned up at the picturesque Ashover Show Ground, near Chesterfield, on Sunday for a new all-day rally.
Organised jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Chesterfield, Chesterfield Scarsdale, Clay Cross and Matlock the local charities to benefit will be McMillan Nurses, Derbyshire Young Carers, Pathways of Chesterfield for homeless people, Kidney Research and other Rotary charities.
Carers across Cumbria are to benefit from an annual £500,000 fund
Cash fund will provide vital support to Cumbria’s carers
By Phil Coleman
Last updated at 12:00, Monday, 25 July 2011
Hundreds of carers across Cumbria are to benefit from an annual £500,000 fund which will be spent on giving them vital support.
GPs have agreed to invest the cash annually over the next four years in funding support services for the county’s army of carers, whose efforts save the NHS millions.
The announcement has come two years after health chiefs across the country were criticised for hanging on to cash the Government gave to primary care trusts to help ease the load of carers.
Just how the £1.75m Cumbrian carers fund will be spent will be decided by each of the county’s six GP-led locality boards.
They plan to target the support on carers whose work helps to reduce a person’s reliance on hospital and other NHS health services.
The boards will work closely with the county’s five carers’ organisations in Carlisle, Whitehaven, Kendal, Barrow, and Penrith.
Dawn Kenyon, of Carlisle Carers Association, said: “This is extremely good news for carers.
“It will mean GPs are able to refer carers for the help they need – for things such as benefits advice, therapy, and much needed breaks from their role as carers.
