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Welcome to Carers Resource
Latest News & Events
Calling Young Adult Carers! 10 pin bowling get together at Scarborough!
Come and join us for some 10 pin bowling fun at Olympia Leisure, Scarborough (South Bay), on Thursday 28th June, starting at 11.30am.
To book a place go to the Young Adult Carers page [here]
North Yorkshire Carers - Have your say!
A new Carers' Strategy for carers in North Yorkshire is soon to be launched. You now have an opportunity to contribute to a public consultation about the strategy, which will define the kind of support you can expect from North Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire and York NHS in the next 3 years.
The consultation takes place between
16 April and 8 July 2012 and you can participate by either completing a questionnaire (online or pdf) and/or attending a carers focus group at:
Whitby, Green Lane Centre, Thursday 10 May, 1.00pm-4.00pm
Scarborough Library, Tuesday 15 May, 10.00am-1.00pm
Young Adult Carers - Spring Newsletter
News! Events! Fun! Download your copy now!
Now available (in print form or download a pdf copy) - the Spring Edition of the Young Adult Carers Newsletter!
4 full colour pages overflowing with news, ideas and events. If you are
young (aged about 18 to 35) and care for someone, then this is for you!
Our Young Adult Carers project holds regular get togethers around the
area and would love to hear from you. Make new friends, get useful
advice, have fun!
Give Neil or Jodie a call on 01723 850155.
See our web page and download our Spring Newsletter [here]
The Personal Independence Payment replaces Disability Living Allowance in 2013
Find out more and have your say!
The new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be introduced in 2013, replacing the Disability Living Allowance. The Government have published an 'Easy read' booklet explaining the proposed changes and inviting your responses using the enclosed questionnaire.
The new system will make big changes to the current benefits scheme and the way it is assessed. For example, by 2016 the booklet points out that some 500,000 fewer people will qualify for PIP than the current benefit. It is important that the government hears your ideas and responses to the proposals before they are introduced - you can email or post your responses, find the addresses on page 15 of the booklet.
Download the 'Personal Independence Payment' pdf booklet [here]
Download your Spring copy
of Focus Carer Newsletter
Spring has 'sprung' and with it comes the latest edition of Focus Carer, our quarterly newsletter! If
you haven't seen a copy yet why not download the pdf version, or phone
to request a printed copy from our office. Focus Carer provides a
regular flow of up-to-the-minute news, information and advice about a
wide range of issues which affect carers throughout our Ryedale and
Scarborough area. Go on, take a look!
Download Focus Carer - Spring Edition
(pdf 1.3mb) [here]
Find older copies of Focus Carer [here].
Kate Middleton supports people with drug or alcohol issues
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given her support to the drug and Aids charity Aids Alliance. Hopefully this will make people with problems related to drug and aids more open about them.
At Carers Resource we offer support and information to those
who care about people with these problems, to those whose lives are
affected by other people’s drug and alcohol misuse. It isn’t easy to
come forward when you need to talk about problems like these. We are
hoping that the open support from the latest royal might make it easier
for people to talk about their concerns. Worried about someone else’s drug or alcohol abuse?
Call us on 01723 850155
or email Carers Resource [here]
See our Drug & Alcohol project page [here]
'Side by Side'
A new Mind/Carers Resource service supporting carers in Whitby & Ryedale
Our Carers befriending service, 'Side by Side', is now up and running in Ryedale and Whitby. We’ve been working with SWR Mind to develop this new service which is open to any carer that feels they would benefit from support in times of stress. So whether this is having someone to go for a coffee with each week or some moral support and motivation to go the local gym get in touch. We’ll match you up with a volunteer befriender and help you decide what you want from them and for how long.
Carers need befrienders for all sorts of reasons – get in
touch and we’ll find a way of using your unique skills and experience to
support someone who would very much welcome your company.
The Changing Lives project is back!
Are you a carer of working age who is thinking about going back to work or taking up a course? Do you want to talk about work or learning with someone who understands the issues carers face?
Some of you may remember the Changing Lives project. We have secured funding through the European Social Fund to run Changing Lives again and can now offer additional support to carers who are hoping to return to work or learning.
If you’re 18 to 65, unemployed,
or working less than 8 hours a week, this project will give you the chance to
sit down and plan a course of action. Read more [here]
Or contact Gina Culling for further information on 01723 850155
Carer experiences of dementia services
Early in 2011 the universities of Aston, Keele and the British
Academy undertook a survey of carer experiences of accessing health and
social care services for people with dementia.
185 carers
completed the survey, 15 carers attended focus groups to discuss their
experiences in more detail. Local carers on our ‘giving carers a voice’
project were invited to respond by email - but I feel that the results
of the research are of interest to many more people.
Read some of the survey responses [here]
See the Dementia Project website [here]
Ryedale Folk Museum and Carers Resource team up for Carers Week 2012
Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource has teamed up with Ryedale Folk Museum to help promote Carers Week in June. There will be an information stand in Fat Betty’s tea room and a discount voucher scheme. The discount will enable a carer to have reduced admission at the concession rate from Saturday 16th June to Sunday 24th June inclusive. To obtain a voucher or further information please contact us on (01723) 850155 or email staff@carersresource.net
The Young Adult Carers project is holding a fun day on Saturday 23rd June to celebrate Carers Week and will be joining the 'The Wonders of Wood' event at Ryedale Folk Museum with an opportunity to try the activities on offer for further details or to book a place contact Activities & Volunteer Coordinator Neil Daniel at neil@carersresource.net
See the Young Adult Carers page (here)
Carers Week Survey: Have your say!
How has caring affected your health?
Each year the Carers Week organisation holds a national survey of carers to gather together their stories and experiences.
You can take part in this year's survey now! It asks "How has caring
affected your health?" and the results will be published in Carers Week
(June 18 - 24th).
Take the survey [here]
New Booklet for Carers Resource
Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource has a new information
booklet available which describes the organisation and introduces
our services. The booklet is available in both paper or ebook formats
and can also be downloaded to your desktop from the online ebook.
Call us on 01723 850155 for a free copy of the booklet.
See
the ebook version [here]
Young Adult Carers:
Latest get together dates for you...
Hello Young Adult Carers! Sometimes, getting away from our daily issues is a good thing to do. Relax, make new friends, have a change of scene! Here's some good news! You can do all these at our Young Adult Carers get togethers, which we hold regularly throughout Ryedale and Scarborough. We're aware that many young people aged 18 to 35 are caring for someone as part of their busy lives - and that's not easy. So, if you're one of these people, we'd love to meet you - come along to our get togethers and have a chat.
See our up-coming Dates on the Young Adult Carers page [here].
Carers Resource receives funding from
the Nationwide Foundation to support Older Carers (50+)
Scarborough and Ryedale Carers Resource has recently received a
grant of £5,000 from the Nationwide Foundation to support its work.
The funding will be used to address the needs of Older Carers 50+; to
increase the take up of welfare benefits, to help reduce financial
hardships and improve health outcomes. We will provide information,
advice and support on issues related to their caring responsibilities,
including access to other specialist services – debt counselling,
pension credits from the DWP, training and employment advice.
There are many older carers within our local area providing a
significant amount of unpaid care and not accessing support and
information to improve their quality of life. We aim to support this
group of older carers 50+ to help reduce their financial hardship and
increase their wellbeing. This project will benefit people in
Scarborough Borough and Ryedale District. For further information contact us on 01723 850155,
or email us at staff@carersresource.net
New Santander Grant for Carers Resource aims to help older carers aged 65+ take up available benefits.
We have received £9,913 from Santander Foundation to develop a financial inclusion project for older carers. We will aim to increase the take up of older people’s benefits to help reduce financial hardships, which also has a knock on effect to health and wellbeing.
Many older people do not recognise themselves as carers and
therefore their needs remain hidden from appropriate sources of help.
We will develop ways of reaching out to older carers within the local
communities by raising awareness, providing 1-1 individual support,
emotional support, benefits assessment to enable longer term financial
security, offering Carers Assessments on behalf of the Local Authority
and referring/signposting to specialist services.
If you are a carer and over 65+ and would like access to a benefits assessment or general support with your caring situation please contact us on 01723 850155 or e-mail staff@carersresource.net
New - Contact us by text!
We now have a mobile phone available for texting. If you'd like to contact us by text with questions or problems, use this number and we'll get back to you: 07527 678172.
New! Information Sheet - 'When someone has a Drug or Alcohol problem'
We've a new and useful information sheet offering ideas and advice if you know someone who has a Drug or Alcohol problem. Find it [here]
