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Royal visitor promotes the role of carers
Professional Make-Over
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal made a private visit to Swindon on 22 February to open a
national conference arranged by Swindon's own Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre, Focus on Carers and with
Self Help. Colour a Beautiful
The conference discussed "This is where Carers Centres
how best to encourage staff at come in. Focus employs special- v Colour analysis
GP practices to identify the car- ist staff to offer appropriate help •: Skin care preparation
ers on their lists and to offer when it is needed. Their aim is to
them appropriate support at the support carers in order to help v Full make-over
surgery. Working with primary them to manage their caring role. :• Advice on new
health care teams to identify We all need access to informa- ir; spring colours
carers is a particularly impor- tion to give us control over our
tant area of work for the Prin- lives as well as regular time to GIFT VOUCHERS
cess Royal Trust for Carers staff ourselves. Focus is determined " FOR MOTHERS DAY
all over the UK. The Princess to ensure that all carers in Swin- M All inclusive
spent the morning listening to don have just that." t- introductory offer £25.00
speakers and met many of the If you are a carer or if you
delegates over coffee. know someone with caring re-
Gillian Barber, Coordinator of sponsibilities, then please con-
Focus, said, "we wish to identify tact Focus for information on its FOR SALE
and contact everyone in Swin- services. Apple iBook as new
don who is responsible for look- Carers cover a wide age range
ing after a partner, relative or and can include young people £999 +VAT
friend who is unable to manage caring for parents, brothers and
without help because of illness, sisters or grandparents. Call
disability or old age. 531133, or drop into 25 Morley street, Swindon
"Carers often see their GP as the first 'port of call' (facing Villett Street car park) between 9am and
when they need help, but doctors are not always 5pm, Monday to Friday.
able to keep up to date with the enormous range of At any other time, leave a message on the
information and services that are available. answerphone and someone will ring back.
Can you help?
Focus on Carers and Self Help is in urgent need of volunteers who can offer some time, commitment and
reliability. No special skills are required as training will be given.
Do you have three hours to spare each week or fortnight? Would you like to help other people?
Would you like to learn new skills and gain self-confidence? Are you respectful of an individual's need
for confidentiality? If you answered yes to these questions then we would love to hear from you.
For more information contact Maggie Davison, Focus on Carers and Self Help on 531133.