Today I managed to get to part of the Annual General Meeting of
Dundee Carers Centre. The work of carers is invaluable and often goes unnoticed. It was good to listen to the stories of carers, which speak much more eloquently about the situation than politicians or fancy policy reports. Today I heard from a teenage girl who was caring for her mother and her brother and also from a man in his 80s who is caring for his wife. This demonstrates the diversity of situations which carers find themselves in. Carers often do not even realise that they are a carer, they are just doing what they think is right for someone that they love. It is important that carers get as much help and support as they can. Carers actually save public bodies a great deal of money and this should be recognised.
It was good to see Dundee City Council Social Work Director, Alan Baird, at the AGM listening to the concerns of carers and commenting on these concerns.
It was also good to see my Labour colleagues well represented at this event. We are committed to listening to the concerns of the people of Dundee and representing the people to the best of our ability. The Dundee Carers Centre does a great job and I am always pleased to support them.
