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Video: Salford's young carers pack for Mayor's charity
by Tony Flynn
Sainsburys store on Regent Road Salford saw busy shoppers being helped to pack their shopping by youngsters from the Salford Young Carers group. 14 young people caring for parents, relatives or siblings in Salford joined in with gusto under the supervision of Diane Duffy, collecting money for the Mayor of Salford's charity. At one stage the Mayoress rolled up her sleeves and got stuck in, packing shopping away, the Mayor, Councillor Roger Lightup told me that he would have got involved but was frightened of dropping eggs and other breakables onto the floor, another likely story. The young carers are children under the age of eighteen, with an average age of twelve, who carry out significant caring tasks and assume a level of responsibility for another person, usually a parent, which would normally be taken by an adult. For further information on Salford Young Carers contact 0161-833-0217. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
