Adult Carers

Items relating specifically to adult carers, information, news, local events, etc.

Carer’s Allowance and Carers Credit

Carer’s Allowance and Carers Credit

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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…

Safeguarding Adults: Focus on Self-neglect

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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 leads to a…

Carers Right Day 2021

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Do you or someone you know, support someone who would not manage without help? Every day, 6,000 people in the United Kingdom become carers (Carers UK). Whether that is the…

Need help with your energy supply?

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Despite the current turmoil in the energy market there are still steps people can take to manage their energy supply. Citizens Advice Richmond has specialist energy advice that can help…

The benefits of digital

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Millions of people provide unpaid care for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem, or addiction, cannot cope without their support. These carers’ lives…

Safeguarding Adults Week 2021

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Safeguarding Adults Week 2021 takes place from 15th-21st November 2021. It’s an opportunity for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues, facilitate conversations and to raise…

Adaptive clothing donations

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A local charity, Embracing Age, is putting together clothing packs for care-home residents in need. It is requesting donations of adaptive clothing and other articles that are easy to take…