9-15 June 2008
Carers can't afford to be ill
Carers Week aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the role and value of carers, and to identify hidden carers. It does this through a PR campaign, a Carers Question Time event and by supporting local partners to organise events and activities.
Anne Begg MP was the Carers Week 2008 parliamentary champion and the theme was ‘carers can’t afford to be ill’.
Help the Hospice was a Carers Week 2008 supporter, which involved:
- Feeding into Carers Week media and policy campaigns
- Raising awareness of carers of the terminally ill and how hospices support carers
- Supporting hospices to organise and promote Carers Week events and activities.
Further information about Carers Week 2008:
- Find out about Carers Week events and activities organised by hospices.
- View the findings of the Carers Week questionnaire.
- Go to the Carers Week website: www.carersweek.org.
Download the Help the Hospices Carers Week e-newsletter (December 2007).