Carers Week 2012 will take place between June 18th and 24th
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Primary Schools Competition to go Nationwide. - May 15th 2012
We can announce that the schools competiiton has now been opened to all National Schools in Ireland. If you are a teacher and wish for your school to take part in the competition click here for details.
Nuala Carey to Support National Carers Week 2012 - April 25th 2012
We are delighted to be able to announce that well known RTE presenter, Nuala Carey, has agreed to support this years National Carers Week.
Survey for Carers - April 2nd 2012
The Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) and Care Alliance are carrying out a survey of carers of people with neurological conditions. The NAI is an umbrella group of over 30 neurological charities and Care Alliance is the national umbrella for organisations representing family carers. You can complete the survey online by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/neurologicalcarers
The closing date for completing the survey is Monday 21st May 2012.
Speaking on this development for National Carers Week Liam O'Sullivan of Carers Alliance Ireland said;
" We are very excited about this survey of carers of people with neurological conditions in partnership with The Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI). The results will help us to increase understanding of the challenges faced by this group of carers and we look forward to the results being published during Carers Week this June."
R: Martina Moore (Carer, Coolock), Jim Bartley (Actor), Catherine Aspel (Carer, New Ross), Richard Dolan (Carer, Killiney) lending their support to the 5th National Carers Week, June 13th-19th 2011
For those who have friends or neighbours who are Family Carers please make a special effort to support them. Make them dinner or send them a small note acknowledging the valuable contribution they make to their community. Call your local politician and encourage them to be active in promoting Carers issues in the Dail. Make a donation to one of the organisations that runs local carer support groups.
