Welcome to February's edition of our eNewsletter. We have an upcoming webchat with the CEO of Crossroads, new blogs and news on Carers Week 2012 for you this month. Read on to find out more...

Chat with the CEO of Crossroads Care - Thursday 23rd Feb at 7pm

Anne will now join us to to discuss her work with Crossroads Care and how the impending merger with The Trust has been keeping her busy.

Find out more about the chat with Anne

Adopting the 'carer' label

"Apparently 40% of us with a caring responsibility …don’t identify ourselves as carers in our first year of caring.  Why might that be?"

Carers are sharing their thoughts on when they recognized themselves as "carers" and how the label affected them.

See what they think and join the discussion

Young carers wiped off the map of financial support!

Barnardo's recently published a report showing the impact on young people of the Government quietly scrapping Education Maintenance Allowance. Our Director of Policy has blogged about how young carers are being left behind.

She says "For those young carers that bit of cash helped them stay at school and gave them a chance. That money wasn’t an extra luxury – it was money which formed an essential part of their family income."

Read Moira's latest blog

Carers Week 2012

This year's Carers Week is all set to take place between 18-24 June with the theme "in sickness and health."

In order to help Carers Week 2012 create maximum impact, a survey is being held on Carers Week website to collect voices of carers.

Find out more about Carers Week 2012