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CLASP The Carers Centre is a registered charity which was set up in 1994 to provide a wide range of support services for carers living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Please click onto the links to the right to find out about our services.
Carers provide ongoing support to a relative, friend or neighbour who, due to ill health, long term condition or disability cannot manage without their help. Carers can be any age or sex, from all backgrounds and communities.
Caring responsibilities can include providing personal care (washing, bathing, dressing, feeding), cooking, housework, shopping, managing finances, helping with medication and injections, as well as providing emotional and social support. Carers are not paid for providing help, although some may be eligible for benefits.
The Carers Centre is open Monday to Friday 9am - 4 pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturday morning each month from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm. There is a weekly drop in on Tuesdays from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm, when carers are invited to call in for a cup or tea or coffee and/or to get initial advice and information from an advocacy worker.
Carers Week and the Carers Strategy
Carers Week is over but the issues surrounding caring go on. Tuesday 10th June saw the Government launch its new Carers Strategy promising more money for respite care. According to the new strategy by 2018 carers will be 'universally recognised and valued as being fundamental to strong families and stable communities'. Such a statement is welcome, but the fine print has been examined by carers charities and a summary of the strategy is available
here
Some carers have already expressed disappointment and anger at the government's failure to address the low level of Carers Allowance and are planning a protest day. For information about this, please follow
this link
Carers Cuppa
Would you raise a cuppa for carers? We want to build on last year's fund-raising event to create an even bigger stir for carers in Leicestershire by getting as many people as possible to donate the cost of a cup of tea or coffee to CLASP. We launched the week of Carers Cuppa events at CLASP's 'Taking Care of Me' Day at Clarence House, Humberstone Gate on Saturday 7th June 2 - 5 pm. Other Carers Cuppa coffee mornings have been held at the Salvation Army HQ in Glen Parva and Palmers Garden Centre, St John's Enderby. It's not too late to take part or to make a donation. Please contact Mandy Sanders at CLASP by email
mandy@claspthecarerscentre.org.uk or by phone on 0116 251 0999.
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