{"id":13338,"date":"2021-10-13T03:31:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13338"},"modified":"2021-10-13T03:31:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T03:31:57","slug":"celebrating-the-diverse-carer-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/celebrating-the-diverse-carer-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the diverse carer community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carers from multicultural communities are the focus of a new campaign to mark the start of National Carers Week, which encourages them to make the most of services and support.
\nMinster for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the\u00a0It\u2019s Caring<\/em><\/a>\u00a0campaign would celebrate the state\u2019s 850,000 carers and raise awareness about support available to them.
\n\u201cThroughout the pandemic, the love and support of carers has been more important than ever and this week is an opportunity to say thank you,\u201d Mr Henskens said.
\n\u201cOne in five carers in NSW come from culturally and linguistically diverse communities and this campaign is about making sure they know where to turn to access services and support.\u201d
\nCarers provide unpaid help to someone who needs support due to disability, mental illness, dementia, frail age or chronic illness.
\nMinister for Multiculturalism Natalie Ward said the campaign will be rolled out in ten different languages to reach many corners of our\u00a0 multicultural communities.
\n\u201cMulti-generational family households and shared caring duties can be common practice in some communities. Some\u00a0 people may not associate themselves as carers and may be reluctant to ask for or receive help,\u201d Mrs Ward said.
\n\u201cThis campaign aims to remove barriers to information, increase awareness about support available and send a message that help is available to our wonderful carers across multicultural communities.\u201d
\nIn 2021-22 the NSW Government is investing $4.9 million into support for carers under the\u00a0NSW Carers Strategy 2020-2030<\/a>.
\nFor more information or to access resources, visit the\u00a0Carers Gateway<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carers from multicultural communities are the focus of a new campaign to mark the start of National Carers Week, which encourages them to make the most of services and support. Minster for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the\u00a0It\u2019s Caring\u00a0campaign would celebrate the state\u2019s 850,000 carers and raise awareness about support available to … Continue reading “Celebrating the diverse carer community”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}