Press releases
Below are the most recent press releases sent out by The Trust. If you'd like to know more about any of the issues concerned, then contact the Press Team.
Kids TV star Kirsten O’Brien is calling on all young carers to get moving, get creative and win an iPod shuffle!
25 September 2008
... Kirsten O’Brien, TV presenter of Smart and Help! Teachers Coming to Stay, is inviting the country’s young carers - anyone under 18 looking after a sick or disabled loved-one - to show their creative...
Brown's speech acknowledges the 'over five million people doing amazing work as carers'
23 September 2008
Over five million people doing amazing work as carers - The Princess Royal Trust for Carers welcomes Brown’s tribute Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party conference today acknowledged the role...
Welfare Reform survey for carers now online
8 September 2008
Action for M.E. has developed a questionnaire for carers about the recent Welfare Reform Green Paper, 'No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility'. The online questionnaire was developed...
Countdown to First Young Carers Festival in Scotland
1 September 2008
... Where Young Carers Will Consult MSPs On National Policy. At the end of next week, 500 young carers from all over Scotland will meet MSPs and key decision makers at the Young Carers Festival to say...
Simplyhealth Carers’ Choice Award letter to editor
26 August 2008
August 2008 Dear Editor, Looking after a loved-one who is sick, disabled or frail is not easy – it can be physically hard, emotionally draining and very isolating. In a recent study up to 77% of unpaid...
First ever National Young Carers Coalition launched
20 August 2008
* Launching the first ever National Young Carers Coalition: Working Together for Young Carers, Disabled Parents and their Families* A group of leading voluntary sector organisations have come together...
The Search Is On For The UK's Most Caring GP
5 August 2008
If you are an unpaid family carer who has an amazingly supportive GP then enter them in this year’s Simplyhealth Carers’ Choice Award The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Simplyhealth are looking...
Highlight All The Outstanding Support You Give To Unpaid Family Carers
5 August 2008
Nominate your GP surgery or PCT/CHP/LHB in the Simplyhealth Caring Awards 2008 The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and health and well-being group Simplyhealth are looking to celebrate and recognise...
Trust Director speaks at personal budgets policy seminar
24 July 2008
Director of Policy and Communications at The Royal Princess Trust for Carers, Alex Fox, has delivered a speech to an ippr policy seminar on individual budgets. At the seminar, “A Budgets Report: The...
Barbara Rafferty to speak at AGM and meet carers for lunch beforehand The former Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, Sir William Rae, has been nominated to take the Chair of the Management Committee...