Carers UK: The impact of caring on: physical activity
This report explores the background, experiences and attitudes that unpaid carers have in relation to physical activity, while highlighting the connection between activity, health and wellbeing, and loneliness levels of carers. It also covers the topic of breaks and the impact on physical activity.
Community Pharmacies
Do you know what a Community Pharmacy is? Healthwatch South Tees have created this document to explain more.
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Creative Carers Campaign Workshop
Please share our upcoming event for carers to co-design this years Carers Week campaign and future marketing materials for WCYC.
South Tees Carers Presentation
Presentation created to provide overview of South Tees Carers Commissioned Services, funded by Middlesbrough Council and Redcar and Cleveland Council.
Inclusion North Citizenship Boards Seeking Members
Inclusion North have an exciting opportunity for people with a lived experience of autism/a learning disability to influence change within health and care in the North East and North Cumbria.
Citizenship Boards have been setup to make sure that people with a learning disability and autistic people can have their voices heard within the Integrated Care System.
Inclusion North are looking for members to join their Autism Citizenship Board or Learning Disability Citizenship Board.
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Carers Together Referral Form
Referral form for Carers Together.
Teesside Mind Carers Service Referral Form (2024)
Download, complete and send the completed referral form for support from Teesside Mind.
Young Carers Referral Form (Junction Foundation, 2024)
Download, complete and send the completed referral form for support from The Junction Foundation.
Carers of Faith (Carers UK, 2024)
- Carers of faith more likely to report better mental health
- Faith groups encouraged to support unpaid carers in their communities
New research from Carers UK shows that having a religion or faith can support the health of people caring for older, disabled, or seriously ill relatives or friends.
Championing kinship care: national kinship care strategy
The Government are committed to transforming outcomes for vulnerable children and championing kinship families so that more children can thrive. This is part of the wider children’s social care reform.
The document explains how they will:
- make sure children in kinship care have good outcomes
- give more help and support to kinship carers
- listen to what kinship families need and want
For more information, read:
Carers' employment rights today, tomorrow and in the future (Carers UK, 23 Nov 23)
Caring responsibilities for relatives or friends who are older, disabled or seriously ill are having a significant impact on people’s capacity to work and earn a full-time wage, research from Carers UK shows.
There are 2 million carers who are employees – according to the recent ONS Census in England and Wales – but without support from employers, many are at risk of giving up work to care.
Inquiry into the life opportunities of Young Carers and Young Adult Carers by the APPG.
The APPG is the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Carers & Young Adult Carers. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed in this report are those of the group.
The first ever parliamentary inquiry into young and young adult carers has revealed a lack of support is having a devastating impact on their education, wellbeing and future prospects. The inquiry shows:
State of Caring- Impact on Health (Carers UK, 2023)
Carers UK's report on the Impact of Health highlights that shortage of health and care services is having a damaging affect on unpaid carers.
State of Caring (Carers UK, October 2023)
Carers UK carried out an online survey between June and August 2023. A total of 11,667 carers and former carers responded to the survey. This report summarises the responses from the 10,751 people who are currently providing care. As not all respondents completed every question in the survey, a number of the figures given in this report are based upon responses from fewer than 10,751 people.
Of respondents to the survey: