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Campaign: Family carers deserve at least minimum wage for their 24/7 work
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Campaign: Family carers deserve at least minimum wage for their 24/7 work

By Renata Blower April 14, 2020 April 13, 2020

When you care for a disabled child or adult, you are often not able to work full or even part-time, because of your caring duties. For this, you’re entitled to …

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Challenging opaque, illegal social care plans for disabled adults
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Challenging opaque, illegal social care plans for disabled adults

By Tania Tirraoro January 7, 2020 January 6, 2020

With Belinda Schweher, CEO, social care legal charity CASCAIDr Anyone who’s tried to get social care help for a young adult, or to get care listed as “educational” support in …

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The Care Act when transitioning from children’s to adult social care
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The Care Act when transitioning from children’s to adult social care

By Tania Tirraoro January 25, 2017 February 16, 2017

One of the biggest concerns for parents of disabled young people who are about to pass 18, is the move to adult services. Sometimes it goes smoothly, but often it …

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Should Awareness Days Try Harder?
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Should Awareness Days Try Harder?

By Renata Blower April 25, 2014 April 8, 2016

Awareness day fatigue is a 21st century issue that has turned the the definition of supporting a cause into a quick click of a like button. Have charities and organisations …

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Join Carers UK and act now so parent carers are not left behind
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Join Carers UK and act now so parent carers are not left behind

By Tania Tirraoro November 12, 2013 November 12, 2013

Remember our post the other week about Parent Carers being left out of the Care Bill? It seems absurd that just as parent carers are being placed at the heart of …

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Carer’s Week: Join me on the Carer’s Circle Line
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Carer’s Week: Join me on the Carer’s Circle Line

By Debs Aspland June 14, 2013 September 29, 2013

Debs writes…. During National Carers Week, I think we all give more thought to what being a carer actually means.  Most of the time, we are the same as the …

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Carer’s Week: My son is a young carer

By Tania Tirraoro June 12, 2013 June 29, 2015

It’s Carer’s Week, organised and supported by quite a few charities in the UK Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or …

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