Includes information about the needs of the UK's estimated 6.1m carers, and how the cultural sector is working to meet these.
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This is a summary of Southend Libraries' work with carers, provided by Simon Wallace in response to an enquiry (and reproduced here with kind permission)."Southend's demographic, and proximity to London, means as a retirement area approximately 10% of the town are Carers (17,000) so it is potentially a huge audience for… more
This report by Carers UK, and published in 2012, includes "the findings of the survey of nearly 3,400 carers and their experiences. It concludes with recommendations from the eight charity partners and a call to action for the four governments of the UK."In sickness and in health… more
This paper (collated by Simon Wallace in 2011 from responses from UK library services) includes examples of work by library services with carers.Library Services and Carers… more
This is a major report from The Princess Royal Trust for Carers published in 2008, and which “investigates the experiences, needs and service responses to the 290,000 young adult carers aged 16-24 in the UK today.” Young adult carers in the UK … more
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