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Saga Respite for Carers Trust

Saga Respite for Carers Trust aims to give carers a break, by providing hundreds of free holidays a year for carers and their companions.

After a terrific response to the inaugural year of the Trust, nominations for the first round of awards are now closed. However, the Trust is ongoing and will reopen for nominations in January 2009.

Recharge your batteries

• Get away - and come back a better carer, writes our care blogger Marianne Talbot

• Don't forget to look after yourself too - you'll both benefit

Keeping Mum - carer's diary

• Oct 8: free to just be

• Oct 1: in the political spotlight
• Sept 24: do not disturb
• September 17: alarm bells ring
• September 10: a better way

The cost of care

• Expert Q&A on long-term care

• Paul Lewis: care cash boost
• How to get a carer's allowance
• Help at last for informal carers
• The Government's care review
• Saga care funding advice

Find out more

Saga Respite for Carers Trust is all about rewarding people who care selflessly for their loved ones by giving them a well-earned holiday, while ensuring continuity of care. More

More on caring

• Chat to other carers on Saga Zone's caring forum

• Caring for a loved one with dementia
• The nursing home survival guide
• Caring for the elderly: all-party report
• Questions for care homes
• Crucial contacts for carers

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