Caring magazine issue 32 – September-November 2023
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough carers magazine issue 28.
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Charity receives Carer Friendly Tick Award
Disability Huntingdonshire (DISH) has been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Employers, in recognition of their work to identify and support carers who are part of their workplace. DISH provides information, advice and support for people with disabilities and older people. This is the second award, the charity has received, as they recently […]
Read more...Kate’s story – My experiences as a carer
Caring Together want to see carers given improved rights to leave from work. Many carers face significant challenges trying to juggle work and their caring responsibilities. We spoken to one carer, Kate, to find out more about her views and experiences as a carer. If you had one message to give to the Government around […]
Read more...We’re calling for MPs to support essential Bill to help unpaid carers
We have called upon MPs to support an upcoming Carer’s Leave Bill which would ease some of the huge pressures on people trying to balance looking after a family member or friend, while also being in paid employment. We support 17,000 carers and their families across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. And last week we wrote […]
Read more...Concern and disappointment around failure to introduce much-needed support for carers
We have today expressed our concern and disappointment that the Queen’s Speech has missed another opportunity to help people looking after family members and friends who have a health condition. It was hoped an Employment Bill would be forthcoming in the speech, including a new leave right to one week of leave per year for […]
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