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Living life with Scotland’s carers
Living life with Scotland’s carers
By Fiona Walker BBC Scotland social affairs reporter
Looking after someone’s every need, virtually unpaid, sometimes on duty 24/7, surely only saints need apply. Yet it s thought that three in five of us will be a carer at some point in our lives. They can’t all be expected to be saintly. I went to see how they do it.
Duchess of Cambridge plants a tree during her visit to the Treehouse, part of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
Kate tries her hand at tree-planting at The Treehouse hospice
March 19 2012 Latest news
Duchess of Cambridge plants a tree during her visit to the Treehouse, part of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, in Ipswich
Monday, March 19, 2012
4:56 PM
The Duchess of Cambridge planted an oak sapling to commemorate her visit to The Treehouse hospice in Ipswich today.
Fresh from making her maiden public speech, Kate shovelled in four mounds of earth with a spade before stepping back and admiring her work.
She was then handed flowers by children from the hospice, including wheelchair-bound Bethany Woods, 10.
Kate then went on a brief walkabout to meet the hundreds of well-wishers who had waited patiently outside.
Norwich Door to Door Founder and Passenger chosen as an Olympic Torchbearer
Roger’s nomination story
- Carrying the Flame on: 05 Jul 2012
- Carrying the Flame through: Acle
- Age: 60
- Hometown: Norwich
