CEO's Message to City's Unpaid Carers
CEO's Message to City's Unpaid Carers
Lucinda Godfrey, CEO
We recognise and value the substantial role that you are demonstrating by providing unpaid care, day in, day out, and know that the current situation will be impacting on you more than others. Whether you are caring for a disabled child, a parent with dementia or a daughter with mental health challenges it is critical that you know you can reach out at this time whether through the Carers Centre or other local resources.
As I reflect over the last few weeks and try to make some sense of the coming weeks there is one thing that I am very clear about, what’s being described as our ‘new normal’ has absolutely nothing ‘normal’ about it, but is absolutely critical to save lives. Being apart, goes against our fundamental need as human beings and as much as the telephone and the numerous online options are keeping us virtually connected, we are missing physical connection. The type of contact that conveys empathy, compassion, caring and hope. The type of contact that at times has the power to turn a bad situation into a better one or at least make it feel more manageable and this could not be more important for you, carers, young carers, disabled people and your families.
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