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Carers Week 2012 20 Jun 2012 | 11:09 pm
Carers Week kicked off with the launch of a new report In Sickness and in Health which identified that two out of five carers have put off medical treatment as a result of their caring role. The UK’s ...
Carers Week 2012 Parliamentary Reception 19 Jun 2012 | 10:19 pm
On Tuesday 19 June Baroness Pitkeathley of Caversham sponsored a Parliamentary Reception in the River Room at the House of Lords, with kind permission of the Lord Speaker Baroness D’Souza. 22 Peers an...
Minister for Care starts speednetworking event 18 Jun 2012 | 09:28 pm
On Monday 18 June Carers Week hosted a speednetworking event at the Jubilee Room in the Houses of Parliament. This was a unique opportunity for MPs to meet with carers to hear about their personal exp...
Samantha Cameron launches Carers Week at children's hospice 18 Jun 2012 | 07:22 pm
The Prime Minister’s wife, Samantha Cameron, has visited Richard House Hospice in East London to meet parents caring for children with life limiting conditions at the start of Carers Week. Mrs Camero...
Carers' health buckling under the strain 18 Jun 2012 | 04:00 pm
Carers Week survey shows two in five unpaid carers are sacrificing their own health by putting off medical treatment to care for an ill, frail or disabled loved one - as charities call for action to e...
Video challenge winners announced 15 Jun 2012 | 05:38 pm
Celebrity judge Richard McCourt from CBBC's Dick n' Dom TV Show has picked his winners for this year's video challenge. Richard has been a high profile supporter of Carers Week for a number of yea.....
Political leaders get behind campaign for carers 14 Jun 2012 | 12:05 am
Great news for Carers Week as the three main party leaders in Westminster, Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband, back our campaign. R...
BAFTA winner Dominic West joins our supporters 28 May 2012 | 10:35 pm
BAFTA winner Dominic West has become the latest celebrity to support Carers Week in 2012. The star of The Wire, has given us a message of support following his mother's end of life care in her home....
Why support in 2012 really matters 24 May 2012 | 09:28 pm
Some of our eight Carers Week national partners have given a video message about why its important to support unpaid carers in 2012. Our theme In Sickness and In Health is proving to be timely, as car...
MPs push the news about Carers Week 2012 17 May 2012 | 04:13 am
We're already seeing the fruit of our work with the MPs who came to our photocall a few weeks ago in late April. We were able to send a template press release and their photo with Fiona Phillips to th...
