Carers

Geoff and Jo Smith.

Watch: Dad walks again after having part of skull removed after stroke

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Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Ad Feature Mum-in-law’s poor treatment led to couple starting care company

The money will people most in need

Families to get £200 via Household Support Fund - but funds are low

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Kids Club cinema - your guide to Kids Clubs and discounts this summer

Boy, 3, is rescued from railway track by man at Newark Northgate Station.

Watch: Boy, 3, rescued from railway track seconds before train passes

In Bedford, 33% of people who provided more than 50 hours of unpaid care reported not having good health in the 2021 Census (Unsplash)

Women expected to spend years longer than men providing unpaid care

School classroom.

Watch: How to appeal if you don’t get your first choice primary school

Ambulance explodes and bursts into flames in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.

Watch: Ambulance explodes into a fireball after dropping off patient

Anton Du Beke and Team Lottie.org at the launch of Nights On Lottie 2022

Callout For Bedford Carers: £1000+ gifts exclusively for UK carers to celebrate ...

To mark this year’s Carers’ Rights Day (Thursday 23rd November 2023), Later Living Marketplace Lottie are launching their annual Night’s On Lottie Pledge.

Harriet Stanger

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

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Strictly Come Barn Dancing comes to Ampthill

Right at Home Bedford rated Outstanding by Care Quality Commission

Praise for Kempston based care company after CQC inspection

Top things carers wish they'd known

The top 14 things unpaid carers wish they'd known at the start

Carers in Bedfordshire won the ‘transforming with digital’ award - from left, Harriet Opalinski, operations manager, Chris Stelling, CEO, and Emma Wilkinson, former chair

Bedford-based carers' charity wins national award - and £5k

Allergy sufferers told to ‘immediately’ contact their GP after adrenalin pens recalled

Allergy sufferers hit with warning as epi pens recalled by government

Dreamboys fulfil 92-year-old woman’s dream of seeing male striptease

92-year-old woman fulfils life-long dream of seeing male striptease

Network has partnered with train operator Northern, to offer keyworker discounts on Advance Purchase tickets

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

The sisters' bedroom after the makeover

Bedford carers aged just 4 and 9 get a bedroom makeover

They are the kind of vivid blue sapphires whose lustre has been lusted over for centuries. Yet these wondrous stones have lain unseen for years – and may even have ended up in the bin.

Jewellery hoard worth thousands found wrapped in carrier bags

The grants will help support people struggling with the cost of living

Grants awarded to help support people struggling with the cost of living

Nadia Kopec, from The Mobility Physio, and Harjinder Singh, CEO at Smarta Healthcare

Determined duo hope to raise £800 for Bedford dementia charities

Central Bedfordshire Council

'Numerous mistakes' made over Central Bedfordshire foster carer's pay

Janice Styles presenting the award to young carer link worker Dawn Hulatt and young carers from the school

Bedford school in award first for supporting young carers

The pilot scheme will help connect unpaid carers

Free service launched to support unpaid carers in Central Bedfordshire

NHS staff and care workers given free access to live events as Concerts for Care...

Carers in Beds' new website

Freemasons give £15k cash boost to carers charity in Bedfordshire

It has paid for a new website

Clare Turner

A selection of just some of the winners from Carers in Beds' photographic competition

Bedfordshire's carers caught on camera in photographic competition

People who visit or live with Shared Lives carers range from young people aged from 16 years and adults with learning disabilities

Bedford carers celebrate vital work with virtual afternoon tea

From left, fundraising manager Jolene Retallick and operations manager Harriet Opalinski

Bedfordshire charity aims to make carers feel more visible and valued as part of...

Misbah Mehmood, Personalised Adult Support Worker at Carers in Bedfordshire

Carers living in Bedfordshire can now access support in Urdu, Punjabi or Bengali

Jamaal Otieno

Bedford bridge lights up in purple to highlight the work of young carers

The vaccine rollout will proceed down the age bands of adults (Photo: Getty Images)

Frontline workers and BAME groups won’t be next in line for Covid vaccine - prio...

Venues such as Bedford Esquires and Corn Exchange are expected to stay closed until September (Google)

Venues such as Bedford Esquires and Corn Exchange expected to stay closed until ...

Nightclubs, gigs, cinemas and theatres are expected to have to wait until September before they can reopen (Photo: Getty Images)

Nightclubs and theatres expected to stay closed until 90% of UK have had Covid j...

The next five priority groups should be invited for their first vaccine dose by the end of April (Photo: Getty Images)

This is who will get Covid vaccine next as rollout moves into new phase

The University of Bedfordshire's latest Beds Talks event will focus on the role of carers in our community

University of Bedfordshire to explore how Covid-19 changed public perception of ...

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Kate Garraway talked about her husband's condition on Good Morning Britain via a video call from her back garden in North London (Credit: ITV Good Morning Britain)

TV presenter Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband may never fully recover...

People in England who were shielding can now leave their homes as lockdown eases...

Dr Kunle Orebiyi, far left, and Dr Dayo Kuku, far right, with staff at Orchid Lawns Nursing Home

GP group donates care package to Bedfordshire nursing home

To thank the NHS workers who are working tirelessly throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Thursday 26 March will see a #ClapForOurCarers event dedicated to them (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how to take part in tonight's national applause to thank key workers

Clap for Carers at St John's Hospice Moggerhanger. (C) Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue

Video shows emergency services gathering in Bedfordshire for this week's clap fo...

Captain Tom Moore raised a huge £12.5 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden (Photo: PA)

Here’s what you need to know about NHS Charities Together as Captain Tom raises ... Claire Schofield

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

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Free flu vaccine available for all registered carers in Bedfordshire

Central Beds Council's offices in Chicksands

Urgent need to recruit foster carers in Central Bedfordshire

The changes have seen state pensions rise, but many are faced with having their benefits frozen for the fourth year in a row (Photo: Shutterstock)

Benefit and state pension rates changed yesterday - here's what you need to know

Health

Don't forget to care for yourself too

New exhibition celebrates 850 years of Bedford

Bedfordshire woman champions '˜life saving' flu jab for those with health proble...

Carers' Lounge co-ordinator, Christina Offord, and Carers in Bedfordshire chief executive officer, Helen Satterthwaite, with the award for the Carers' Lounge.

Carers' Lounge at Bedford Hospital wins national award

Flu jabs at your local pharmacy

Flu jabs at your pharmacy for ‘at risk’ patients

Young Carers support workers, Shelley Hobbs, Lead for Upper Schools, and Amy Smit, Lead for Early Years and Lower Schools, get the party started.

Youngsters enjoy Christmas party laid on by Carers in Bedfordshire