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Norfolk’s young adult carers are the focus of new project
The role of carers has gained a higher profile in recent years as campaigners fight to get them the recognition they deserve.
But, as VICTORIA LEGGETT reports, one group remains largely hidden.
By VIctoria leggett, Education correspondent
Monday, August 6, 2012
7:30 AM
Carers of all ages were once a group of completely overlooked, entirely unsung heroes who spent their days and nights offering vital – and unpaid – support to their family members.
And while the challenges of that selfless role have not changed, their profile has at least been raised as campaigners fight to get them the recognition they deserve.
But now a new project is hoping to reach out to an often still hidden group of carers.
The Young Adult Carers Committee, organised by Crossroads Care East Anglia and Carers Trust, has been awarded £40,000 in Health Lottery funding to establish a support network for 16 to 25-year-olds.
Norfolk MP’s wife, Samantha Cameron, and Joanna Lumley celebrate charity’s achievement
Host Samantha Cameron, Co-founders Victoria Bacon and Sarah Hope, and Patron Joanna Lumley
By ADAM GRETTON Thursday, August 2, 2012
3:59 PM
A fledgling charity, established by the wife of a Norfolk MP and her twin sister, has celebrated a milestone with a Downing Street reception, hosted by Samantha Cameron.
Elizabeth’s Legacy of Hope was established by sisters Victoria Bacon and Sarah Hope last year to help young amputees across the world, in memory of their mother, Elizabeth Panton, who was killed by an out of control bus in London five years ago.
The same crash also injured Mrs Hope and her two-year-old daughter, Pollyanna, who lost a leg, which spurred the sisters on to set up a charity to help amputees in the developing world.
Norwich Door to Door charity raises £30,000 to buy new bus for elderly and disabled people
The accessible transport charity Norwich Door to Door has raised more than £30,000 in just six months to add a new minibus to its city fleet.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2.39 PM
Norwich Door to Door charity will be adding an eighth bus to its fleet after raising £30,000.With £33,000 in the kitty, an order has been placed for the charity’s eighth bus, which is scheduled for delivery in November.
It will give the charity the capacity to wipe out the two month waiting list of people who want to begin using the service, which is designed for the disabled and elderly whose mobility problems prevent them using ordinary public transport.
Norwich Door to Door chief executive Jill Gaul said: “We’d like to thank everyone who chipped in to help us meet the demand that we know is there. The new bus will be the crowning achievement of our 20th anniversary year.”
Contributions to the fundraising have been large and small. They included £10,000 from the National Lottery Awards for All fund and £5,000 from the Geoffrey Watling Charitable Trust, down to supporters and users of the service making individual donations of a few pounds. Two supporters, Ruby Clift and Chris Yeates, raised £901 with a sponsored cycle ride.
