PHOTO CALL: ‘John Shuttleworth’ to Officially Open Carers’ Centre
What: Official Opening of North East Lincolnshire Carers’ Centre for Carers’ Week
Where: 1 Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HY
Date: Thursday 12th June 2014
Time: 10am
The North East Lincolnshire Carers’ Centre will be officially opened by Graham Fellows aka comedy character John Shuttleworth and Jilted John to mark national Carers’ Week.
Graham will be formally opening the Carers’ Centre with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10am on Thursday 12th June 2014.
Members of the media are welcome to attend for photograph and interview opportunities and the public are invited to meet the staff and find out more about the free support available to carers.
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Notes to editors:
- The carer’s centre has been open since April 2014 and provides counselling, finance and benefits advice, befriending, support groups and holistic therapies.
- Estimates suggest that around 16,000 people in North East Lincolnshire are carers, some as young as eight, are giving personal, emotional or financial help to a friend or relative because they have an illness, disability or substance misuse problem.
- NHS North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group was established in April 2013, following the Government’s health reforms, and is made up of 30 GP practices in Grimsby and Cleethorpes.
- The CCG is responsible for health and social care services for over 165,000 people in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG is the only CCG in the country to have responsibility for both NHS and Adult Social Care
- The CCG is made up of people who understand patients’ needs best, including doctors, nurses and health professionals from thirty GP member practices
- The CCG actively listens to local people and partners to decide what health services are needed for local people
Media contact NHS North Yorkshire Commissioning Support Unit: 0300 303 8394
Issued by:
Sarah Howells
Shooting Star PR
01522 528540
sarah@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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@sarahhowellspr
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