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Young Adult Carers 1^st Birthday event went down a storm!

 Our 1^st birthday project celebration went down really well.  We were overwhelmed with attendance and had 39 come along - it was great to see so many young adult carers and professionals all under one roof!  The mayor came and gave his support and the presentations and pictures of the projects first year went down really well (as well as the tea and cakes of course!) 

 We are really pleased it helped raised the profile of the support available through the project as well as raising awareness to professionals of how to identify young adult carers they work with. The event has also featured in the local papers and one of the young adult carers gave a brilliant pre recorded interview to Yorkshire Coast Radio, which has all helped with awareness raising in the local community.Click to see article in Scarborough Evening News

Live Question & Answer Sessions for Carers at Carers Direct on Twitter

Monday nights in January - live: 5.00-7.00pm

Carers Direct, the national information service for carers, are hosting live twitter Q&A sessions every Monday in January from 5.00-7.00pm where carers can chat with them to discuss any questions or comments they may have. Two of their advisors, Gemma and Katy, will be on hand to answer any questions.

Carers can follow them at @carersdirect, and can ask any questions for the sessions using #carersQA. If anyone can’t make the sessions, they can still post their questions which will be answered during the next live session.

See the Carers Direct Twitter page [here]

Young Adult Carers Winter Newsletter

The latest edition of our exciting newsletter!

The Winter edition of our Young Adult Carers newsletter is available now! If you're an Young Adult Carer (aged 18-35) you'll find lots to interest you - news of upcoming events when we can get together, (including our 'Mexican Night'... Yummy!) - and some past events we've all enjoyed... and our special First Birthday event! Read all about it!

Download a pdf copy of the newsletter at our Young Adult Carers page (here)

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 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]

Focus Carer Newsletter - Winter 2011

Our Winter edition of Focus Carer is available now! The essential quarterly newsletter for Carers in the Scarborough & Ryedale areas, you can download it as a pdf or request a printed copy from our office. This edition provides you with 8 pages of practical advice and news of schemes, benefits information, training opportunities, support for carers and much, much more! Take a look!
Download Focus Carer - Winter Edition (pdf 700kb) [here]
Find older copies of Focus Carer [here].

Join the Kirkbymoorside Surgery patients group and help to put patients first!

Are you interested in what happens at the Kirkbymoorside Surgery? If so, why not join our patients’ group called Patient Matters. This group will help keep the Surgery in touch with what its patients have to say about everything that matters in the Surgery. Interested? Call us for more information Tel: 01751 431254.
Go to the Kirkbymoorside Surgery website [here]
Our new Local Surgery Information page [here]

Cuts to Legal Aid! Make your voice heard!

Justice for All - a coalition of charities and social groups - is fighting changes to the Legal Aid system contained in a Bill currently before parliament. It is concerned that many vulnerable members of society will no longer be able to access the free legal advice which is currently available and so essential to their obtaining fair treatment and justice. Make your protest known by contacting your local MP.
Find out more at the Justice for All web site [here]

Winter News...
Order your heating oil early this winter

Consumer groups are advising people to stock up on heating oil early this winter to save money and also to avoid delivery problems if we have bad weather.
Find more information [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].

Coming Soon! A new kind of service for carers in Whitby and Ryedale

Together with Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale MIND we've managed to obtain funding from North Yorkshire County Council, Health & Adult Services for a new kind of service offering practical and moral support to carers who are finding their caring role a struggle.

The project, hopefully starting in December, will 'match' carers with volunteer supporters. If you feel you require some support, or if you would like to become a volunteer supporter we and MIND would be happy to hear from you. Tel. 01723 588 008.  Read the full story [here].

Regular Information Drop-Ins for Carers

If you are a carer and need information, advice and support, we now hold two regular Information Drop-Ins in Scarborough. We hold a weekly Drop-In every Tuesday afternoon at Castle Community Centre, Market Vaults, Scarborough, 1.00 - 4.00pm and also a monthly Drop-In at the Women's Centre, Northway, Scarborough - part of the Cambridge Centre - on the third Wednesday of the month, 11.00 - 1.00pm, see dates in our Events diary [here].

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]