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Carers Trust launch Britain's Best Breakfast

21/5/2014

 
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It’s a well-known fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but a new survey commissioned by national charity Carers Trust shows that 56% of Britons surveyed who eat breakfast on a weekday spend 10 minutes or less preparing and eating breakfast during the week and more than one in three (39%) who eat breakfast on a weekend spend 10 minutes or less at the weekend. Almost two in ten (19%) of men and 11% of women don’t normally eat anything at all for breakfast on a weekday.

The findings come as Carers Trust, the largest charity for carers launches its first ever national fundraising campaign ‘Britain’s Best Breakfast’ to raise money to help support more unpaid carers and give them a break from their caring role and to encourage people to wake up to the issue of caring.

There are seven million unpaid carers in the UK and over the next 30 years this number will increase by 3.4 million (around 60%). Three in five of us will become a carer at some point in our lives [1]

Thea Stein, Chief Executive of Carers Trust comments: “Carers frequently tell us that they are exhausted, have no time for themselves and neglect their own health and wellbeing. Caring for a family member or friend can be back breaking and physically demanding and that’s why they need your help.”

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives us fuel and energy to help us get through the day. We know that many carers skip breakfast because they simply don’t have time to prepare or eat it. Help us give them some more support.”

“We probably all know a carer. It could be your elderly neighbour caring for his wife, the mum across the road caring for her disabled daughter or the boy in your son’s class who cares for his mum who has cancer. Carers come from all walks of life. Please help us help them by getting involved with our campaign.”

The campaign will encourage people to hold a breakfast event in October 2014 for their friends and family and raise money for Carers Trust. For more information about the campaign text egg to 70660 or visit.www.britainsbestbreakfast.org

NOT ALWAYS A & E

23/1/2014

 
Don't Go to A&E if it's not a serious emergency, call 111. This is one of six images used by Richmond and Kingston CCG's for the winter health campaign.
This is one of six images that Richmond and Kingston Clinical Commissioning Groups will be using to support their winter health campaign 'Not Always A&E'
Clinical Commissioning Groups across south east and south west London are running an eye-catching winter campaign to dissuade local activity away from A&E when it is more appropriate that their ailments are dealt with by local health services. 

Richmond and Kingston CCGs have joined forces to promote the campaign locally.  Both boroughs are in agreement that people must be encouraged to seek the right medical support for the treatment they require, in many cases this will be achieved by dialling 111 before setting out for A&E. 

The campaign is supported by a website where visitors can find the nearest service to get the treatment they need.

A&E is for serious emergencies only and there are quicker and easier alternative local health services.  People are urged to call 111 before going to A&E.

Call for routine screening of carers for signs of depression

11/5/2013

 
BBC News has today run a headline story about regular screening of carers' health and that 40% of carers are thought to be at risk of depression or stress. (Click here for the full story).This probably is really news to most of us and many carers are left to find their own pathway through the role of being a carer. Stress is a common issue that we see carers suffering from and I am sure many carers could identify with the thought of being depressed. Richmond Carers Centre and the Carers Hub Service partners all offer different services that can help carers to learn about ways to manage stress and cope better, maintaining their health and well-being. Locally there are services targeting carers health and you may like to call Richmond Carers Centre on 020 8867 2380 for advice on what is available. Many carers have found ways to cope, the question today is:
What is your way of coping with stress and what do you do to try to reduce the impact it has on your own health?

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