How to support, engage and enthuse our volunteers
As Volunteers’ Week shines a spotlight on those who freely give up their time to support good causes, Chief Executive of the third sector Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) Rhidian Hughes considers how organisations can recognise and maximise the three million plus volunteers supporting …
Dementia and ethnicity - raising awareness of both is crucial to effective support
Jabeer Butt has worked in and with the voluntary sector to promote race equality and address health inequalities for many years. He was awarded an OBE in 2013 for his achievements in health and is currently Deputy Chief Executive of …
Listening to the lived experiences of carers is a privilege
Yvette Wetton works for Healthwatch Essex as Carer and Engagement Coordinator. It’s her job to reach out to unpaid carers to ask them about their experiences of caring for friends and loved ones. As our call for evidence continues into the …
State of Caring conference 2016 - Carers Strategy takes centre stage
Understand the lived experience of carers, give us the foundations of support to care well without compromising our own health, and appreciate that health and care professionals are not the only experts. These and other sentiments were candidly and positively …
Teamwork between carers and care professionals is vital
Throughout her career, Sharon Allen, Chief Executive of Skills for Care has been clear that carers are vital to supporting the needs of the most vulnerable people in our communities. In her latest blog, part of our ongoing Carers Strategy …
Carers in the spotlight
Alex Fox, CEO of Shared Lives Plus, is perhaps better placed than most to acknowledge the increasingly important role of family carers as part of an overall package of support – but who is supporting them? In his latest blog, …
Recognition and support must go hand in hand for unpaid carers
It’s with pleasure we feature the latest guest blog from Tony Hunter, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). As part of our call for evidence coverage, he explains why it’s so important that we work together …
Commissioning: how this call for evidence can shape the future of carer support
In this latest blog inspired by our Carers Strategy call for evidence, Strategic Joint Commissioner Karen Timperley recalls joining Camden Council some years ago as carers services lead. Arriving from the voluntary sector on a three year contract, she had …
Carers Strategy News
This page will update regularly with links to news, publications, web links and other useful resources in support of the Carers Strategy call for evidence running between now and 30 June 2016 Dementia: Equity and Rights We're very please to …
World Social Work Day 2016
Today is World Social Work Day 2016 (WSWD) and, for the second time, this international celebration of the social work profession takes as its theme ‘promoting the dignity and worth of peoples’. Writing in her latest blog, Lyn Romeo, our …