News

Southwark Day centre for Asylum Seekers are organising a concert featuring a variety of music and musicians on Saturday 18th June to help celebrate refugee week 2011.

The event starts at 6pm with music from 8pm-10pm.

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Serious concerns have been raised by the NHS care regulator about the way some hospitals in England look after elderly patients.

The Care Quality Commission said three had failed to meet legal standards for giving patients enough food and drink and treating them in a dignified way.

They were Worcestershire Acute, the Royal Free, in London, and Ipswich.

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Superdrug are once again supporting carers and Carers Week by providing 100,000 discount vouchers. Each voucher entitles carers to save 10% at Superdrug in a single transaction, and is valid from 13-30 June 2011.

Click this link to sign up for the voucher. You will also receive a Carers Week Advice & Information booklet and a voucher for a free Carers Pack from Boots.

The Maudsley Hospital are looking for people with experience of being a carer who might be interested in being part of the psychological medicine cag user/carer advisory group.

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The Mini Cooking Club is a non-profit organisation that provides educational cooking workshops for the community. The club is dedicated to promoting an understanding of how the right food choices can enhance a person’s wellbeing and in turn create a healthier society.

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Are you worried about paying your bills, and how the government spending cuts will affect you ?

Come along and find out about:

What benefits you might be entitled to

• Help with housing costs
• Staying well and healthy
• Help to get back into work or training
• What to do if you have got into difficulties paying your bills
• The services of London Mutual Credit Union- savings and low cost credit

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Adult Learners’ Week, the UK’s longest running learning campaign, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The event, which begins on May 14, encourages thousands of adults to give learning a go, whether they simply want to have fun or boost their careers.

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Festival ’51 View Points

Festival ’51 is a chance to get involved in an exciting series of workshops developing a ‘pop up’ exhibition for the Southbank Centre, exploring the Festival of Britain, which took place in 1951.

Take part in a unique heritage training programme and visits, resulting in the curation of a fantastic exhibition which will be displayed in the Royal Festival Hall.

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The latest edition of the Southwark Carers News is available to download, please click below to access it.

Southwark Carers News – May / June 2011

Kings College Hospital (KCH) have launched a new service. The Integrated Care Pilot (ICP) aims to truly involve the people it aims to benefit by defining a better way for primary, secondary, social and community care to work together effectively, for the benefit of patients and the people who care for them.

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