Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley

Jill Elizabeth Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley, OBE (née Bisson; born on Guernsey, 4 January 1940) is a British Labour Party member of the House of Lords. Quotes “It was an easy gig. I think we were mistaken, perhaps, if we thought it would translate into the rather more difficult type of volunteering that we expected people to do.” “It’s not a grand achievement for forty years of effort … But you have to start somewhere.” “I use the word ‘persecuted’ quite deliberately. Carers are being penalised for something they often didn’t even realise they had done.” “My Lords, I have spent a great deal of my life working either in social care … as a campaigner for carers who actually provide most social care … I am a fan of social care and those who provide it …” “When I started, the word ‘carer’ wasn’t even in the Oxford English Dictionary … Now it’s everywhere. But cultural change in workplaces still lags behind.” Internal link