{"id":130097,"date":"2025-10-18T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/130097\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:55:07","slug":"sheila-carr-raises-money-for-age-uk-wyvern-with-her-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/130097\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheila Carr raises money for Age UK Wyvern with her book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Sheila Carr, from Leominster, has pledged all profits from her book, April and her Adventures, to Age UK Wyvern.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The book follows the story of April, a little girl who relies on her dog for confidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This was a particularly difficult process for Ms Carr, as she has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, which impacts her ability to move.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;I have to double tap every letter on my tablet in order to type.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s a long process and it\u2019s frustrating as sometimes I can\u2019t get down my thoughts quickly enough.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I was so happy to finish it, and I thought to myself, &#8216;Wow, I\u2019ve really done it'&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She also volunteers for the charity, ringing an older person on a weekly basis for a friendly chat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Malcolm Craig, from Age UK, said: &#8220;We can\u2019t thank Sheila enough.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Not only has she raised much-needed funds through her book, but she also volunteers for our befriending scheme, ringing an older person on a weekly basis for a friendly chat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our organisation couldn\u2019t run without the invaluable support of people like Sheila.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>What are your thoughts?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herefordtimes.com\/news\/25540099.sheila-carr-raises-money-age-uk-wyvern-book\/%3Ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/HTLetters&gt;clicking<\/a> here.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Over 200 people every week receive calls or visits from volunteers from Age UK\u2019s befriending scheme.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, demand for the service is extremely high and volunteers are essential to keep it going.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She is now working on a second book, which centres around a disabled teenage girl and deals with the stigma faced by many people living with disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheila Carr, from Leominster, has pledged all profits from her book, April and her Adventures, to Age UK&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[359,18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-130097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}