AN ORGANISATION that operates carer support services in North Yorkshire has announced improved help for those who assist family and friends.

Since July, Carers Plus Yorkshire has provided carer support services in Scarborough, Ryedale, Hambleton and Richmondshire.

Carers Plus Yorkshire is launching a ‘Rights to Respitality’ programme of respite through hospitality, with afternoon tea sessions in Leyburn and Northallerton and a film showing in Scarborough.

It is also asking carers to help shape a programme of opportunities and to understand what respite means to carers on a day-to-day basis.  

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Elizabeth McPherson, the chief executive of Carers Plus Yorkshire, said: “Respite does not have to always mean a holiday or time away - it can be as little as a break from the routine of the every-day. A hair-cut, a coffee with friends, a meal out together, a walk round the park, a surprise cinema trip. 

“We know the power of finding 'time for yourself’ or time doing something different with the person you care for. 

“Respitality is about us helping to make this more possible. Over the coming weeks and months we will be building a number of bite-sized opportunities and offers with colleagues from the hospitality, leisure and cultural sectors across North Yorkshire.” 

More information can be found on Carers Plus Yorkshire’s website.