It's #CarersRightsDay.
We've teamed up with @CarersTrust on a report, "Pushed From Pillar to Post," highlighting the realities carers have accessing our rights.
It includes powerful quotes and crowd-sourced recommendations.
Read it here https://t.co/0jT57ElIPm
Thanks @UKTNofficial for the chance to talk about some of the things that help @MobiliseCare tackle our ‘unsexy problem that really matters’
https://t.co/If3STrVfeL
There were an estimated 1.4m sandwich carers in the UK, 2021 to 2023 caring for sick, disabled, or older adult relatives and dependent children. Of these:
• 61% were female
• 51% were aged 45 to 64 years
• 26% provided care for 20+ hours a week
➡️ https://t.co/zBwOENhZkB
A few early thoughts on #Budget24 and #socialcare.
1. The headline figure of £600m extra (for children's and adults) is less than the £1.1bn the Chancellor saved by scrapping social care reform shortly after coming to power.
This is a well researched and refreshingly balanced article on resilience in the context of unpaid carers. Well worth a read, particularly if you are a resilience-critic @SBourneCoach@MobiliseCare
https://t.co/Op3mf02AXK
A new government tackling growing and changing care needs needs new ideas.
Almost 1 million more of us will be caring by 2035, 400k for 10+ hours a week.
Today we set out the scale of the challenge and the first step to tackle it (1/
https://t.co/3HlZujZwez
Very interesting to touch base with @MobiliseCare
who work with @gateshead council to provide online support for caregivers in the area.
Caregivers are unsung heroes at the heart of our communities. Really hope that this is a useful tool.
https://t.co/tno9i0J02z
@MobiliseCare provides a digital platform to support unpaid carers. It's reached agreement with @NEADASS for the largest roll out so far among 13 councils in North East England https://t.co/4G01zunMie #localgov#socialcare
VERY excited to be extending @MobiliseCare’s support for #carers to 3m+ people across the North East and North Cumbria.
We’re working alongside some fab carers centres to boost capacity for carer support across the region.
https://t.co/juv854kZzB
Caring for others is probably the highest expression of humanity but it can come at considerable cost to the carer & families
Carers need more than just warm words, they need real and substantive support.
This #CarersWeek2024 let’s all do our bit to put #carers on the map.