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Jo Cox Poetry Prize awarded
The winner of the first ‘Jo Cox Poetry Prize’ has been announced. The award for poems exploring loneliness was launched in honour of the former Batley and Spen MP’s work tackling isolation. It follows a month long focus on loneliness among carers with the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.
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State of Caring Report
This year over 7,000 people shared their views and experiences, in our State of Caring survey, on what life is like for carers in 2017. Our report collects together this evidence on a whole range of issues affecting carers' lives.
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When we're caring, it can feel like we're living with the shadow of isolation. Our new graphic shows how powerful words of support and understanding can be.
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