Tag Archives: Norfolk
Pot of gold! Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire receive £60m for roads, rail, education and broadband improvements
Proposals would see 95 per cent of homes in Norfolk and Suffolk covered by broadband.
Annabelle Dickson, Political Editor Monday, July 7, 2014
11:25 AM
Better broadband, new roads and college buildings will be built in Norfolk and Suffolk amid a multi-million diversion of government funds which the prime minister claims will create “real change” in the region.
NEW SERVICE FOR YOUNG ADULT CARERS LAUNCHING
Supporting Carers not in Education, Employment or Training.
Norfolk Carers Support is excited to launch a new service for 16-24 year old Carers who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET.
How Norfolk’s hidden carers are missing out on help
kim.briscoe@archant.co.uk
Thursday, June 12, 2014
8:44 AM
Carer John Cook and his wife Maureen who has dementia. Photo by Simon Finlay.
Jack Diplock-Cass is the Young Carers Champion at Great Yarmouth College. He helps look after his two brothers.
One in nine people in Norfolk is thought to be a carer, but many fail to recognise themselves as such and are missing out on vital help.
Young carer Jack Diplock-Cass
Jack Diplock-Cass didn’t realise he was a young carer until last year.
The 18-year-old helps his mum look after his brothers Sean, 17, who has deficits in attention, motor control and perception, and Colby, 10, who has autism.
While Jack, who lives near Northgate Street in Great Yarmouth, had done his best to cope, the strain took its toll on his social life, schoolwork and his health.
