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Carers First release new resources for carers of people with addiction and dependency

Carers First release new resources for carers of people with addiction and depen...

Carers First step out for carers raising over £700 in the Lincoln 10K!

Carers First step out for carers raising over £700 in the Lincoln 10K

Give Me A Break: Carers First share the support they offer for Young Carers Action Day

Give Me A Break: Carers First share the support they offer for Young Carers Acti...

Give Me A Break: Events from Carers First this Young Carers Action Day

Give Me A Break: Events from Carers First this Young Carers Action Day

'Spice Girls' lookalikes perform at the care home.

Boston care home, OSJCT Skirbeck Court, hosts ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ lip-sync fun...

Upcoming events for carers in Lincolnshire: Carers First provide a range of fun and creative activities

Upcoming events for carers in Lincolnshire: Carers First provide a range of fun ...

One in five carers are unaware of their entitlement to financial support

One in five carers are unaware of their entitlement to financial support

Growing financial pressure leaves many carers unable to access Carer’s Leave

Growing financial pressure leaves many carers unable to access Carer’s Leave

Carers First (East Lincolnshire)

Lincolnshire organisations benefit from National Grid grant funding

Seventy percent of unpaid carers received no direct support last year: Here’s how Carers First can help

Seventy percent of unpaid carers received no direct support last year: Here’s ho...

Parent carer Hayley and her son Charlie

12 Days of Caring: Sharing carer’s stories this festive season

Joe Pepler/PinPep

Watch as cute shelter dogs get spoilt at Christmas dinner party

From left to right: Sam Neal, Katie Downes and daughter Alice, Sarah Woodcock and daughter Mia, Helen Searle, Karen Johnson, Sam Marshall and Chloe Stevens

Carers First raise £1000 in the Lincoln Santa Fun Run

From left to right: Sam Neal, Katie Downes and daughter Alice, Sarah Woodcock and daughter Mia, Helen Searle, Karen Johnson, Sam Marshall and Chloe Stevens

Carers First raise £1,000 in the Lincoln Santa Fun Run

How Carers First help carers to recognise their rights

How Carers First help carers to recognise their rights

Kim and Brian

Five million people in the UK balance work and care responsibilities

Carers Rights Day 2024: How to recognise your rights as a carer

Carers Rights Day 2024: How to recognise your rights as a carer

Carers First research suggests that nearly 1 in 10 carers do not have any source of support

Carers First research suggests that nearly 1 in 10 carers do not have any source...

1.2 million carers in the UK are living in poverty: How Carers First can help

1.2 million carers in the UK are living in poverty: How Carers First can help

New carer support hub opens at Lincolnshire Hospital

New carer support hub opens at Lincolnshire Hospital

According to Carers UK, an estimated 12,000 people across the UK become carers every day, often without realising it

Are you a carer? Try this new tool to find out

Lincolnshire GP surgery hosts its first coffee morning in support of carers in their community.

Lincolnshire GP surgery hosts first coffee morning in support of carers in their...

Geoff and Jo Smith.

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

New hub for carers to open in Lincolnshire Hospital

New hub for carers to open in Lincolnshire Hospital

More than 80% of carers need additional financial support

Research shows Carers in Lincolnshire need additional financial support

Carers First Volunteers at the Boston United FC community fun day

Volunteering for Carers First Lincolnshire: “It has changed my perspective on li...

Nearly three quarters of UK carers feel that their needs are not currently being met

Nearly three quarters of UK carers feel that their needs are not currently being...

Carers First staff at their first EMR partnership event at Lincolnshire train station.

East Midlands Railway partners with Carers First to promote volunteering opportu...

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Giant pill box reminder for meals

Giant pill box reminder for meals

The money will people most in need

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

(Photos: Pexels)

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

What do carers want to know from their local candidates in the General Election?

What do carers want to know from their local candidates in the General Election?

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

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

Bob's Brainwaves rolled out in Louth care home

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

Better leisure centres offer a range of activites

'Better' Leisure Centres offer membership deal to Lincolnshire carers

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

Callout For Lincolnshire Carers: £1000+ gifts exclusively for UK carers to mark ...

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

Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Top things carers wish they'd known

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

Boston's Pilgrim Hospital.

Hospital trust chooses Boston as the location for the first carers’ hub
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has announced it is creating its first carers hub for the county – which will be located in Boston.

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

Home From Home Care's winning Health Partner Team with host Melvyn Prior.

Carers awarded at county ceremony

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

New 25% Northern discount announced for key workers

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

County councillor Patricia Bradwell.

Lincolnshire County Council supports Carers Week

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at Carers First's 30th birthday. EMN-220501-093930001

Royal visit for Lincolnshire charity’s 30th anniversary

Ashdene care home staff on Elf Day. EMN-210812-162151001

As long as you have your elf! Carers get residents smiling

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

An emotional funeral procession begins for Jeannette Field, watched by neighbours in Skegness.

Day of reflection in Skegness a year after UK's first Covid lockdown

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...

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

Plants donated to Ashdene care home which the residents help put in the garden. EMN-201006-181118001

‘The staff are like angels’ - Relatives pay tribute to care home’s team coping u...