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Christmas Fair to help those with learning difficulties and their carers
Christmas fair to help carers organisation
PAMIS, which provides support to people with profound learning disabilities in South Lanarkshire, is organising a fundraising fair
By Gillian Provan 15 November 2011 17:00 GMT
An organisation that helps people with profound learning disabilities and their carers in South Lanarkshire is gearing up for a fundraising Christmas fair.
PAMIS, which helps 85 families across the area, is organising a sale of crafts and jewellery at Wishaw General Hospital on December 2, with all the money raised going towards events and fun activities for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
Carers invited to visit Scottish Parliament
Local carers make parliament visit
TWO local MSPs, Graeme Dey (Angus South) and Nigel Don (Angus North & Mearns), welcomed a group of local carers to the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh last week.
Mr Dey had visited Angus Carers Centre in Arbroath earlier this year and invited them to come along and see First Minister’s Questions (FMQs). The carers came from Forfar, Letham, Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Carnoustie amongst a number of other towns and villages in the county.
Dementia patients and carers make a charity CD single for Christmas
Musical Minds hits a high note this Christmas: singing group of people with dementia and carers release charity CD single
An inspiring local singing group in East Ayrshire, made up of people with dementia and their carers, have launched a charity CD single for Christmas. The group, called Musical Minds, worked closely with internationally renowned tenor singer, Martin Aelred, to produce a double A-side CD for Christmas 2011. The songs featured are ‘If We Hold on Together’ by Diana Ross and ‘Those Were the Days (My Friend)’.
