Resources

Posters: Carers affected by substance use of family or friends.

Please find below posters to promote our current survey to understand the experiences of Middlesbrough carers looking after a family member or friend with substance use issues. 

Survey link- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VKKRD6S 

We are completing this work on behalf of Middlesbrough Public Health to compile a report based on local carers experiences to inform and shape future commissioning of services. 

Forgotten Report (Kinship, 2024)

Forgotten explores the support which children in kinship care receive – or don’t receive – to help them learn well at school and to manage their mental health and relationships. It shares insights from our 2023 annual survey of kinship carers to reveal how a complex, inadequate and often inaccessible landscape of support for kinship children around education, special educational or additional learning needs, mental health and family contact and relationships is resulting in significant challenges for kinship families across England and Wales.

Making caring the 10th protected characteristic (Carers UK, Report)

  • Across the UK, millions of people provide unpaid care for an ill, older or disabled family member or friend. Recent Census data suggests that there are 5.7m carers across the UK. 
  • Carers can experience a number of challenges. They are more likely to have poor mental and physical health, and more likely to be living in poverty. Many carers have to give up paid employment to provide care which can lead to financial difficulties. 
  • Many carers have experienced discrimination or harassment.