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Redbridge young carers get some acting tips
EastEnders actress, Jo Joyner, shares acting tips with young carers in Redbridge
9:10am Tuesday 26th March 2013 in News By Melanie Attlesey
Jo Joyner with the young carersAn EastEnders actress shared acting tips with a group of young carers at a workshop.
Jo Joyner, who plays Tanya Branning in the BBC One soap, met 12 carers aged 14 to 23 on Thursday at the Barnardo’s Indigo Young Carers Service in Granville Road, Ilford.
The workshop was the last in a series of four designed to help the carers improve their confidence.
Mariella Creegan, 14, who attended the session said: “The workshops have helped me a lot and have given me the confidence to go to a theatre group and audition for a part in their performances of the musical Sister Act.
“I couldn’t have done this before coming to these sessions.”
Ms Joyner said: “It has been a privilege to come along to the workshops and all the young people have been so warm and welcoming.
Young Carer overcoming the odds awarded
Overcoming the odds
A TEENAGER who battled anorexia while caring for his mother has been awarded with a top honour.
David Dorrian, from Hartlepool, admits he had an obsession with losing weight after joining the gym and getting addicted to cardiovascular training and cutting his calories.
His weight plummeted from 14st 2lb to just 8st in a matter of months after his addiction got out of control and he was surviving on just a packet of steamed vegetables a day and soup.
Medics feared he could be close to death and were concerned about the effect on his internal organs.
But during a year-long battle with anorexia aged just 16, he continued to care for his mum Janet, who was diagnosed with the debilitating condition multiple sclerosis (MS) when she was 21 and has limited mobility.
Carer’s Celebration Day looking after unpaid carers and young carers
Wednesday 20 March 2013
A day to look after hardworking carers
THERE are 16,000 people in South Tyneside who are classed as carers, according to a census carried out last year.
Together, with others across the UK, they save the economy £119bn per year.
Yesterday, almost 200 people of all ages who give up their time to care for relatives, gathered at the Little Haven Hotel in South Shields for Carer’s Celebration Day.
The event, which has been running for the past five years – two years at the Little Haven Hotel – celebrates the work of carers and gives them a day of their own to feel special.
