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Below are the most recent press releases sent out by The Trust. If you'd like to know more about any of the issues concerned, then contact the Press Team.

Fundraising dinner hosted by R B Farquhar Holdings Ltd raises over £55,000
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 01:00

A fundraising dinner hosted by Forbes Shand of R B Farquhar Holdings Ltd raised over £55,000 for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels in Aberdeen on 27 October.

The Princess Royal officially opens Sefton Carers Centre and launches the STEPs project
Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 00:00

HRH The Princess Royal, President of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, officially opened Sefton Carers Centre’s new premises in South Road, Sefton, Liverpool on 23rd October and launched the STEPs project in The Esplanade, Waterloo.

At the carers’ centre, HRH met funders, trustees and staff, and unveiled a specially designed glass and stainless steel logo created by master designer, John Ditchfield from Blackpool.

Dinner hosted by Forbes Shand of RB Farquhar Holdings Ltd hopes to raise over £40,000 for the Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 00:00

Forbes Shand, Chairman of R B Farquhar Holdings Ltd, will host a fundraising dinner at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels on Friday 27th October in aid of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.

Cash for Kids donates to Young Carers in South Ayrshire and Renfrewshire
Friday, October 13, 2006 - 00:00

Cash for Kids, a Radio Clyde and CSV Charity, has donated £78,000 to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers to enable Young Carers’ Projects in both South Ayrshire and Renfrewshire to identify young carers in schools.

The Young Carers Projects in each area will use the money to employ Schools Education Workers to identify young carers in schools so that they can be provided with the services and support which will enable them to rediscover what it is to be a child again.

John Lowrie Morrison's Tenth Anniversary Exhibition
Friday, October 6, 2006 - 00:00

John Lowrie Morrison will return to Kranenburg Fine Art in Oban this month with his tenth annual exhibition, ‘A Tour of Lorn’ and will donate five per cent of all proceeds to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.

Although John exhibits all over the world, this will be his biggest exhibition of the year, attended by prospective buyers from all over the UK.

The exhibition will be opened by Alan Reid MP on Friday 20th October at 6pm and John will be present to meet guests and discuss his work until 9pm

Sell out charity Ladies Lunch at the recently opened 29, sees Glasgow’s most influential women gather
Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - 00:00

This weekend, Sunday, 17 September, 123 of Glasgow’s most influential and career driven women will gather at 29 Glasgow, to help raise essential funds for The Princess Royal Trust for Carers*. ITV’s John Amabile will be the MC and Radio Clyde’s Suzie McGuire will be attending as a guest.

John Lowrie Morrison opens at The Archway, Lochgilphead with donation to The Princess Royal Trust For Carers
Wednesday, August 2, 2006 - 00:00

A Scottish artist with an international reputation, John Lowrie Morrison, will attend the opening night of his new exhibition at The Archway in Lochgilphead and will donate five per cent of all sales to The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.

Celebrities and local VIPs joined Carers from across the North West for the Norwich Union Break for Carers in Blackpool
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 00:00

From 12th–16th June nearly 300 carers from the North West, together with hundreds of carers from across the country, enjoyed a holiday at the Norwich Union Break for carers organised by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and held at Pontin’s Blackpool Holiday Centre, where they were joined by celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment – athlete Christian Malcolm, Blackpool’s Tracey Dawson, Little Mo from The Roly Polys, Mookie the Clown and Mr Maxi and up and coming singer/musician Peter Grant – tipped as the next Sinatra

Pam’s dash carries Carers’ messages to Parliament
Friday, June 23, 2006 - 00:00

Actress and Vice President of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Pam Ferris completed a mad 14 hour dash visiting 11 Princess Royal Trust Carers’ Centres on Tuesday 13th June 2006.

On the way she collected three things that carers in each area wanted to tell Government, these were focused around health to fit in with the Carers Week theme of 'In sickness and in Health'.

Carers from across the country came up with many things, but the three that seemed key in a lot of areas were:

New health initiatives announced at NHS Confederation
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 00:00

Five new initiatives, led by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and aimed at improving carers’ experience of health and primary care, are being announced by the charity’s Chief Executive Shān Nicholas at a reception in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal at the NHS Confederation’s Annual Conference today (Wednesday 14 June 2006).

The key partnership initiatives being announced are: