New survey identifies steep rise in caring hours for young carers.
“It’s harder than anyone understands, and I feel like I’m drowning” New survey identifies steep rise in caring hours for young carers. Carers Trust calls for more support for young carers after survey...
View ArticleFree home sensors for unpaid carers in Richmond
Richmond Council’s Adult Social Care team has partnered with Canary Care to pilot a new project which can help to support vulnerable people with care and support needs. Canary Care provides home...
View ArticleSafeguarding Adults: Focus on Self-neglect
The Richmond and Wandsworth Safeguarding Adults Board would like to raise awareness around the Safeguarding topic of self-neglect. What is Self-neglect? Self-neglect is a behavioural condition which...
View ArticleCarers Rights Day 2022: Caring Costs
Carers Rights Day 2022 is being held on Thursday 24th November. This year’s theme is ‘Caring Costs’ and tackles the costs involved in becoming a carer. The cost-of-living crisis has created...
View ArticleKnow your rights – Understanding the Care Act and Carer’s Rights
To mark Carers Rights Day 2022, Richmond Carers Centre in conjunction with Not a Care in the World, ran a workshop to ensure carers are aware of their rights and how to assert those rights. The law is...
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Carer’s Assessment and Carers’ Emergency Card
On 15th November 2022, Jayne Ayris, Carers Champion and Social Worker at Richmond & Wandsworth Adult Social Care ran a hybrid (face-to-face and online Zoom) workshop at Richmond Carers Centre. This...
View ArticleCarer’s Allowance and Carers Credit
As part of Carers Rights Day on 24th November 2022, Richmond Carers Centre invited Sandra Keen, Welfare Benefits Adviser at Richmond AID to run a workshop to provide information to carers on Carer’s...
View ArticleTop tips for carers over Christmas
Christmas and other seasonal celebrations can be a fun time but they can also be challenging for many people. Many essential services close over the festive period, which puts added pressure on carers...
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Carers Week 2023 – Programme of activities and workshops
We are delighted to be supporting Carers Week 2023 again this year. Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring and help people to identify as carers and access much-needed support....
View ArticleCarers Rights Day 2023: Your rights: today, tomorrow and in the future
Carers Rights Day 2023 is being held on Thursday 23rd November. This year’s theme is ‘Your rights: today, tomorrow and in the future’. If you are an unpaid carer, you’re entitled to certain rights...
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Parent Carer Workshop with NHS England Quality Transformation Programme
Attend this event on 22nd February 2024 to get involved and you’ll be recompensed £150. The NHS England Parent Carer Workshop is part of the NHS England National Quality Transformation Programme. It is...
View ArticleShare your views on the future of NHS services
Kingston Hospital and Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust are developing a new joint strategy for healthcare in Kingston, Richmond and surrounding boroughs. They would love to hear...
View ArticleFree online course for carers in April on stress management
The purpose of this online course is to help you to recognise what stress is and to recognise your own symptoms of stress. You will then be introduced to the practice of relaxation techniques that are...
View ArticleBecome a trustee at The Barnes Fund
The Barnes Fund is a local charity that makes grants to help those in need in Barnes and provides, at Walsingham Lodge, a sheltered housing community comprising almshouses for people on low incomes;...
View ArticleRWSAB video aimed at raising awareness of self-neglect
Richmond Council and the Safeguarding Adults Board would like to raise awareness about Self-neglect, which has been on the rise since the pandemic. In this video they provide information about what...
View ArticleNHS and Care Volunteer Responders befriending service
NHS and Care Volunteer Responders is a flexible volunteering programme supporting the NHS and adult social care across England. What support is available? Pick Up and Deliver – Volunteers are available...
View ArticleHelp Healthwatch Richmond understand how to improve GP appointment booking
How easy is it to book an appointment with your GP? How long are you waiting on the phone? Are you using the NHS App? Healthwatch Richmond want to understand Richmond residents’ experience of booking...
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Volunteers Needed for Research Study on iACT4CARERS
Are you currently supporting a family member living with dementia? Are you experiencing worries or distress and interested in receiving online support? South West London & St George’s Mental Health...
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Share your views on the use of technology for health and care
The Health Foundation has funded a group of organisations practicing across Kingston and Richmond upon Thames to explore opportunities for delivery of care in the community through digital technology....
View ArticleCarer’s Leave Act 2023 – read the Social care blog
The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 has now come into effect. This legislation means employees in any profession are now entitled to time off (without pay) to give or arrange care for dependants. A new post,...
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