First Minister and MSPs come together to mark National Carers Week, Edinburgh. 8 June 2023 56 images Created 8 Jun 2023
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 8 June 2023.
PICTURED:
First Minister and Party Leaders of The Scottish Parliament mark National Carers Week at Holyrood as part of a photo call for Carers Scotland. (Front Row L-R) Maree Todd MSP; Patrick Harvie MSP; Douglas Ross MSP; Humza Yousaf MSP; Lorna Slater MSP; Anas Sarwar MSP.
Credit: Colin D Fisher/CDFIMAGES.COM
PRESS RELEASE
First Minister and MSPs back Carers Week
Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf MSP, was joined by opposition leaders and MSPs from across the Parliament to mark this years Carers Week in a photograph at the Scottish Parliament following FMQs on 08 June.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, and to highlight the challenges Scotland’s nearly 800,000 unpaid carers face, as well as recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK, not to mention our health and social care system.
Every year there is a different theme to Carers Week, and this year the theme is around identifying carers, and the important role we can all play in identifying carers and helping them to get the support they need and are entitled to. It is also about helping those many people who are caring, who don’t see themselves as a carer, and as a result can see them missing out on much needed support.
Richard Meade, Director of Carers Scotland, said:
“It is great to see the whole Parliament get behind this year’s Carers Week and I would urge all MSPs to make sure that they do everything they can to ensure that carers get the support they need and are entitled to”.
Running from 5th June to 11th June, the charities supporting Carers Week 2023 are Carers Scotland’ Age Scotland, Carers Trust Scotland, MND Scotland, Oxfam Scotland and The Lewy Body Society. Together, they are calling for better recognition of unpaid carers across society so that they can access the vital support they need to carry out their caring role.
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PICTURED:
First Minister and Party Leaders of The Scottish Parliament mark National Carers Week at Holyrood as part of a photo call for Carers Scotland. (Front Row L-R) Maree Todd MSP; Patrick Harvie MSP; Douglas Ross MSP; Humza Yousaf MSP; Lorna Slater MSP; Anas Sarwar MSP.
Credit: Colin D Fisher/CDFIMAGES.COM
PRESS RELEASE
First Minister and MSPs back Carers Week
Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf MSP, was joined by opposition leaders and MSPs from across the Parliament to mark this years Carers Week in a photograph at the Scottish Parliament following FMQs on 08 June.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, and to highlight the challenges Scotland’s nearly 800,000 unpaid carers face, as well as recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK, not to mention our health and social care system.
Every year there is a different theme to Carers Week, and this year the theme is around identifying carers, and the important role we can all play in identifying carers and helping them to get the support they need and are entitled to. It is also about helping those many people who are caring, who don’t see themselves as a carer, and as a result can see them missing out on much needed support.
Richard Meade, Director of Carers Scotland, said:
“It is great to see the whole Parliament get behind this year’s Carers Week and I would urge all MSPs to make sure that they do everything they can to ensure that carers get the support they need and are entitled to”.
Running from 5th June to 11th June, the charities supporting Carers Week 2023 are Carers Scotland’ Age Scotland, Carers Trust Scotland, MND Scotland, Oxfam Scotland and The Lewy Body Society. Together, they are calling for better recognition of unpaid carers across society so that they can access the vital support they need to carry out their caring role.
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