Carers UK is an organisation of carers - people looking after an older or disabled family member or friend. We provide information, give carers a voice and campaign to improve recognition and support for carers.
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- Carers Rights Day
United Kingdom
04 December at 06:00
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Carers Poverty Protest 2009Created about 7 months ago
Carers lobby December 2008Created about 10 months ago
Carers UK Delegation of Carers UK members off to Downing Street this afternoon to deliver the Carers Poverty Charter.
Angel
I look after my husband who has Friedreich's Ataxia. I do not get 1 day off. I have my own disabilities....Degenerative Disc n faucets, Fibromyalgia, Ostochrondritis, Hypoglycaemia n Migraines. We are on Direct Payments but only get so many hours a week. My health has been deteriating for a while but everytime we ask f...or more help or an assessment for me for my own probs it always seems to be oh we will make an appointment for next week but unfortunately next week never comes. Even when I am ill I have to get up n see to my husband...when I struggling to walk etc.Read more
Carers UK Latest story from our campaign with the Daily Mirror
Source: blogs.mirror.co.uk
David Rogers, spokesman on social care for the Local Government Association, urged ministers to carry out an immediate review.
Carers UK Carers UK's Poverty Charter now has backing from The Daily Mirror, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Oxfam, the Alzheimers Society, USDAW, Macmillan Cancer, Citizens Advice and fifteen other major national charities. Also been signed by 3,000 members of the public, over 200 local carers centres and groups and a supporting parliamentary motion put down by Paul Burstow MP has attracted the support of 66 MPs.
Graham Findlay also see post below.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rosa Monckton explores the realities families face when caring for a disabled child.
Jon Davies
Do you know about the Carers UK In Memory Fund service, in partnership with the online memorial charity MuchLoved?
You can create a really beautiful and free memorial website along with
pictures, messages and music and at the same time use the website to
record and display all the In Memoriam donations that you have raise...d for Carers UK.
If you are interested please take a look at their website or email us at
support@muchloved.com and we’ll send you more information.
With kind regards, Jon Davies (Trustee, MuchLoved Charitable Trust)Read more
You can create a really beautiful and free memorial website along with
pictures, messages and music and at the same time use the website to
record and display all the In Memoriam donations that you have raise...d for Carers UK.
If you are interested please take a look at their website or email us at
support@muchloved.com and we’ll send you more information.
With kind regards, Jon Davies (Trustee, MuchLoved Charitable Trust)Read more
Source: www.carersuk.org
In partnership with memorial website charity MuchLoved.com, Carers UK is delighted to offer this free service to those who wish to create a loving and lasting tribute to a loved one.
Carers UK
This week is Ask the Pharmacist week. Can't get to the pharmacist? Can't get the person you care for to take medicines? Side effects from taking medicines? These questions are answered by pharmacy expert Robert Bradshaw of Lloydspharmacy
http://www.carersuk.org/Newsandcampaigns
Source: www.carersuk.org
9-15 November is Ask the Pharmacist week. Caring for someone with high medical needs can mean managing their medicines. We asked pharmacy expert Robert Bradshaw of Lloydspharmacy questions often asked by carers.
Alex Sharpe
On a very lighter note and away from caring I thought this would amuse..http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/925734/
Alex Sharpe
Devon and Cornwall Police admit to this family being targeted because of the lady whom died son had a disablity..yet denied that they were being bullied and that did they do NOTHING......WHY???? Tones again of the Fiona Pilkington case!!!! So much for equal rights etc!!!
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?
Source: news.uk.msn.com
Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits that they will be caught. - Police MSN News - MSN UK
Rosemary
When Love is not enough http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/articl
Programme to watch Monday night
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
It's the hardest job in the world, but parents caring for disabled children face a shameful lack of support. And, says ROSA MONCKTON, whose daughter has Down's, it's driving some to breaking point - and even murder.
Source: carerspovertyalliance.com
Carers Poverty Alliance has grown from the Carer Poverty Protest in which many Carer Groups worked together towards a single goal.
Alex Sharpe
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?
Yet another Carer let down by the police, like me and my family Hounded by little more than muderers after years of torment!!! How many more people (carers and there families) have to have headlines like this ...this is the second in a matter of months...To...o start with they want to Ban fireworks to organized event only...and What do the Goverment do...nothing!!! The Police see vunerable people whom are in need of help to fight this SICKING sport as a nuisance. Instead they would sooner sit in a layby doing motorists.Read more
Yet another Carer let down by the police, like me and my family Hounded by little more than muderers after years of torment!!! How many more people (carers and there families) have to have headlines like this ...this is the second in a matter of months...To...o start with they want to Ban fireworks to organized event only...and What do the Goverment do...nothing!!! The Police see vunerable people whom are in need of help to fight this SICKING sport as a nuisance. Instead they would sooner sit in a layby doing motorists.Read more
Source: news.uk.msn.com
Police have launched a murder hunt after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letteMSN News - MSN UK
Carers UK Carers UK welcomes the decision from Gillian Merron, Public Health Miniser to make carers a priority group for the H1N1 vaccination. We received a letter from the Minister stating, "... people and carers living in close contact with individuals whose immune systems may be compromised due to disease, or treatment such as chemotherapy" will be the first to be vaccinated with the H1N1 swine flu vaccine".
Rosemary
Please add your support
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TellItR
Petition to: provide high quality information after diagnosis of a condition like Down's syndrome. |
Source: petitions.number10.gov.uk
After diagnosis of a condition such as Down’s syndrome, parents need high quality information. Accu...
Angela
Hi all wonder if you can help ... i was getting income suport until my claim was stopped and so i have had to reclaim, while at the Jobcentre the lady said i should also reclaim carers as well, when i called carers allowance he told me 'I had never had it' when i asked why he said its was because i was on 'Incapacity ...Benefit' fair enough he then asked when i come off ....i have not been on it for 4 years !
Any advice what i can do ?Read more
Any advice what i can do ?Read more
