Gisela Stuart MPWorking hard for Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton

Carers Week 2009 // June 8th, 2009 // Constituency News

The vital work carried out by Britain’s army of carers is being celebrated this week.

Six million people in the UK provide unpaid care and support to a friend or relative who could not otherwise manage because of illness, frailty or disability. Many of these carers are completely unknown to statutory agencies and others who can provide much needed help and support.

Carers Week, which runs from 8 to 14 June, will highlight the enormous and often unrecognised role played by carers and boost efforts to provide better support and services to carers and those for whom they care.

Local MP Gisela Stuart says:

“As the Carers Week campaign rightly points out, the UK’s carers truly are the nation’s secret service. I know from experience in my own constituency that carers perform a vital role and yet their tireless work all too often goes unrecognised and unsupported. I am backing Carers Week because I believe that this situation needs to change. Carers deserve a fairer deal”.

To find out more about Carers Week, you can visit their website here.

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