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Elizabeth Richards has been
appointed as Chief Officer for Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource. Elizabeth has said ‘I
am thrilled to be taking Carers Resource forward and to being part of an
excellent and dedicated team which is making a real difference to the lives
of those who give of themselves in an unpaid caring role. I look forward to
building strong relationships with local agencies and organisations in
achieving our joint objectives in ‘enabling a caring community’.
Carers
are eligible to enjoy free library deliveries
The Home Library
and Information Service provides free home delivery of books and audio
books to people who find it difficult to get to their local library and
information centre. We work with local volunteers who visit people once a
fortnight.
You may be eligible to receive the
free home delivery service if you are a carer, or because of ill health,
disability or age, you are unable get to the library and information centre
yourself, or cannot carry books.
We are always pleased to hear from
people who are interested in volunteering to help deliver the
service. We are looking for caring people who can offer a regular
commitment of, at most, 2 hours a fortnight.
Information about the service is
also available in large print, Braille, on audio cassette and in other
languages.
For details visit the
website www.northyorks.gov.uk/libraries
Anyone interested in
the service can either ring the central number on that page, or contact
their local library. For Ryedale, those numbers are:
Helmsley 0845 034 9527
Kirkbymoorside 0845 034 9528
Malton 0845 034 9529
Norton 0845 034 9530
Pickering 0845 300 5157
Dementia
Services Collaborative - Information Pack
The
Dementia Services Collaborative, voluntary and statutory agencies working
together to improve dementia services in Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale,
is trialing an information pack for carers of
those with short term memory loss or dementia in Ryedale.
The pack contains useful information booklets such as the NHS publication
"Who Cares? Information and support for the carers of people with
dementia" and Carers Resource's "Caring and Mental Health".
Also provided are links to other helpful information resources such as
publications by the Alzheimer's Society, Mind and the Mental Health
Foundation and a list of useful web sites.
The Information packs are available from Liz
Brown at Carers Resource
Tel. 01751 473727.
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