ARK is pleased to announce a seminarto mark the release of the results of the 2010 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.  Using results from ARK’s most recent surveys, this event will highlight the attitudes and experiences of carers of all ages in Northern Ireland.  The presentations will include:

 

 

An ordinary life? Caring in Northern Ireland today

by Helen Ferguson (Director, Carers Northern Ireland)

 

 

The Life and Times of a Carer in a Changing World

by Laura Collins, Carer

 

 

Young carers too: results from the Young Life and Times Survey and the Kids’ Life and Times Survey

by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd (ARK)

 

 

The seminar will take place

on Monday 13 June 2011 at 11.30 am, followed by a light lunch

in Room G9, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast

 

This event is free of charge, but places need to be booked by phone at 028 7167 5513 or by email info@ark.ac.uk by Monday 6 June 2011.

 

The Life and Times Survey is an annual survey recording the attitudes of the public of Northern Ireland to a wide range of social issues.  The 2010 survey included questions relating to informal care, social care for older people, dementia, community relations, minority ethnic groups, migrant workers, and politics.  Full results of the 2010 survey will be available on the Life and Times website on 13 June at www.ark.ac.uk/nilt

 

This event takes place during Carers Week 2011 – for more information, see http://www.carersweek.org/