I’ve just returned from Bury Crossroads 18ths Birthday party. The carers charity in Bury has been going now for 18 years and wanted to celebrate the occasion with carers, staff, trustees and anyone else (like me) who wanted to pop in. So I dropped round to Bury United Reformed Church to show my support and offer best wishes and so on.

Unfortunately it was in my lunchtime and I couldn’t spare the time to get stuck into the buffet, tempting though it was.

I would just take this opportunity though to congratulate Crossroads on their 18 years. 18 years of support for local carers, many of whom were at their wits end and now receive help, advice and respite for their carer activities.

Goodness knows how much it’s saved the NHS over the years and how much it has improved the lives of some of the 9000 carers in Bury. Well done and keep up the good work. Here’s to the next 18 years!