Dementia Action Week is Alzheimer's Society's biggest and longest running awareness campaign. Each year, we work with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to ‘act on dementia’. This year’s campaign will run from 16-22 May and the theme is diagnosis.
Dementia Support and Deep Group in Grangetown Generations Activity Hall at Grangetown Library, every Tuesday, 9am -1pm. Carers, families, friends, and those who have memory problems or living with dementia are welcome.
Middlesbrough Council's Staying Put AGency work in Partnership with Age UK Teesside to deliver Middlesbrough's Hoarding Service. Click below for the information leaflet.
Explore information and engaging activities to boost your wellbeing with this toolkit. Covering a range of topics, from resilience to building connections and confidence, it will help you manage stress and be kinder to yourself. You will also develop a greater understanding of yourself and those around you.
The UK is facing a cost of living crisis with inflation at the highest rate for 30 years, driven by soaring energy prices and increases in basics such as food. These rising costs will impact on everyone throughout the UK, and we are particularly concerned about the impact on the already precarious position many unpaid carers face. This will also have a differential effect in parts of the UK. Where there are higher numbers of carers in receipt of carers’ benefits, there will be higher levels of financial stress.
The impact of caring on peoples’ physical and mental health across England remains high and is worse for those from some groups, according to the latest data analysis by Carers UK. [i]
This briefing provides an update of the ADASS Advice note 'Carers and Safeguarding Adults' (download below) produced in 2011 for frontline workers and brings it in line with the Care Act 2014. It is intended to be used as a practical tool and does not seek to amend or replace existing statutory guidance that may be in place. The briefing will support the improvement in practice regarding safeguarding adults as well as safeguarding their carers.
Robert Mitchell is the Strategic Policy Lead at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) and is requesting support from local organisations working alongside carers for feedback on the Council's draft Equalities Objectives 2022 using a carer's perspective. Please provide feedback directly to Rob by e-mailing rob.mitchell@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
This year the UK will celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 70th anniversary with celebration events over a four day bank holiday weekend. Middlesbrough Council wants to help make this a weekend to remember for residents in the town and is making grants available towards community celebration events taking place over this time (Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June 2021). Anyone can apply as long as they are over 18 but these events must be open to residents or communities. There are two grant schemes:
