Princess Royal Trust Lanarkshire Carers Centre
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A carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a friend, neighbour or relative who could not manage otherwise because of frailty, illness or disability.
Most carers would still not recognise themselves under the term 'carer'. They are just people trying to cope as best they can while helping to look after an elderly relative who has developed Alzheimer's, a partner with Multiple Sclerosis or a young child born with cerebral palsy.
They may even be juggling paid work with their unpaid caring responsibilities at home.
In total there are 5.7 million adult carers across the UK, of whom almost one million are looking after somebody for more than 50 hours each week. There are also estimated to be 50,000 young carers in the UK - young people under the age of 18 who might be helping to look after a parent with physical disabilities or mental health problems, or who may be caring for a brother or sister with learning disabilities.
ANNUAL CARER REVIEW
The next Annual Carer Review is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 25th August 2010 in St Andrew's Parish Church, Mount Stewart Street,Carluke, ML8 5AB. all carers who reside in the Clydesdale area are welcome to come along from *10.00 am till 12.00 noon *to give feedback on services they access from Lanarkshire Carers Centre. This is an informal setting and the local carer support worker will not be present. If you cannot attend on the day please complete the questionnaire and post it back to our Hamilton Office. For further information please telephone 01698 428090
NEW TO DOWNLOAD
Our locality leaflets are now available for you to download and print off. Please click on the town where you live to get information on your local carer support worker, where they are in your area and what services they can help you to access.
Centreresource Booklet Proof (1.2 MB) Springautumn Programme (710 KB) Newsletter March (1.1 MB) Airdrie 06 10 (2.6 MB) Bellshill 06 10 (2.6 MB) Clydesdale 06 10 (3.2 MB) Coatbridge 06 10 2 (2.6 MB) Cumbernauld 06 10 (2.6 MB) East Kilbride 06 10 (2.6 MB) Motherwell 06 10 (2.6 MB) Rutherglen 06 10 (2.6 MB) Urdu English 06 10 Proof (87 KB)
Find out what PRT Lanarkshire Carers Centre has been up to in 2009 - 2010 and read the Annual Report.
Annual Report 2009 2010a (353 KB)
