Carers Newsletters

Wellbeing Toolkit for unpaid carers

Carers Trust new wellbeing resource for adult unpaid carers, Caring For You is now live. The toolkit, which was co-designed by a group of unpaid carers, offers practical activities, advice and tips on how to deal with specific emotions which can arise from having a caring role. There is also a section on maintaining wellbeing which provides links to resources and ideas on how carers can maintain good wellbeing and…

Resources for Bereaved Carers

Some resources for our Bereaved Carers. We all need support at times but especially when dealing with a bereavement of someone you love and have cared for. Please have a look at the below links to see what support is out there for you. Death and bereavement | NHS inform Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief :: Welcome (goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk)

2023 Respitality Report

We are delighted to bring you our impact report. 2023 was our best year yet, with plenty more ambitions for this year too. Some highlights to whet your appetite…. Over 1800 unpaid carers accessed a Respitality break Delivery partners confidence in delivering Respitality was rated 4 out of 5 Breaks were donated by over 200 businesses and charities! So why not put the kettle on, click on the link below to…

Carers Week 2024!

Hello and welcome to our special Carers Week 2024. Carers week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 5.7 million carers, and runs from 10th to 16th June, celebrating and saying “thank you” to our unpaid carers.  The week is designed to make caring more visible and this year’s theme is “putting carers on the map”, aiming to make sure that…

Information for unpaid Carers and Professionals

The Neurological Alliance of Scotland has over 50 charity members, all of whom offer support for carers in some form such as, information, advice, support groups, helplines and other services. Our new resource, Information for Unpaid Carers and Professionals, is intended to give an overview of some of the most common neurological conditions and signpost readers to our members who offer support.  The resource also includes information on carer centres and…

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Carers Trust Media Ambassadors

Our Media Ambassadors launched their 2023 film at Carers Parliament. The Media Ambassadors are a group of young carers, aged 16 – 18, who have taken part in filmmaking training over the summer and attended the Festival to create films on issues important to them. This year, the group have created 4 films around the themes of transitions, mental health support, financial support and greater awareness of who young carers…

Unpaid Carers - Short Breaks Landscape Review

We engaged with a range stakeholders groups across Scotland during 2022/23 to understand the current short breaks planning landscape. The purpose of the research was to gain an understanding of the current short break strategic planning and commissioning landscape and perceived readiness for the new legal ‘right to a break’.This report is intended to be used as a discussion tool for all stakeholders to identify next steps in improving the…

Perth and Kinross GP Premises Survey

Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership is keen to hear patients’ views about their GP premises. To ensure you continue to have access to the best possible health care we are planning some changes to the way services are delivered in primary care, which includes your GP practice. These changes are needed for a number of reasons which include: · Nationally, GPs need to provide increasingly more complex…