Support Carers Week at Sainsbury’s Surbiton

•Carers Week takes place between 10th to 16th June
•Sainsbury’s is one of the main sponsors and has over 20,000 colleagues with caring responsibilities across the UK
•Store helping to raise profile of Carers Week by holding information stand in the customer service and in the colleagues’ canteen.

The team at Sainsbury’s Surbiton are set to raise awareness of the role of carers looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member or friend in Surbiton. Carers Week takes place between the 10th and 16th June and both Sainsbury’s colleagues and customers have the opportunity to find out more about the local support available as the Surbiton hold activities during the national awareness week.

In December 2010, Sainsbury’s began their partnership with carers’ charity Carers UK. The retailer has over 20,000 colleagues who combine their caring responsibilities with delivering great service as a Sainsbury’s colleague. The retailer is also one of just a few major UK companies with a carers policy, which includes flexible working.

During Carers Week 2013 over 2,400 groups are arranging events and activities including hundreds of Sainsbury’s stores across the UK.

Sainsbury’s Store Manager Paul Stansfield added: “Carers play such an important part in our community and we’re proud to be working with Carers UK to help highlight the support that’s available in Surbiton.

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•To find out more about Carers Week and the hundreds of events planned throughout the UK visit www.carersweek.org or www.carersuk.org to find out about Carers UK’s work supporting the UK’s 6.5 million carers.

•Carers Week is delivered by a partnership of national charities – Age UK, Carers Trust, Carers UK, Independent Age, Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, MS Society, Parkinson’s UK and supported by the Stroke Association and Bupa’s Carewell. In 2013 it is sponsored by Sainsbury’s Plc and the sector skills council in England Skills for Care.