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MELKSHAM councillor Nick Holder has called on local businesses to back plans for an end-of-lockdown party for the town’s ‘forgotten army’ of young carers. Mr Holder, who represents Melksham Without South on Wiltshire Council, said: “They are a bunch of young people that during lockdown have been largely forgotten. “At the Melksham Area Board, I was delighted to receive unanimous support for my proposal to ring fence some grant money to enable us to hold an end-of-lockdown thank you event for Melksham’s young carers. “These children are possibly the most forgotten amongst all of those affected by lockdown. They care for their siblings and parents and the only respite they get is when they go to school and have fun with people of the same age.
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