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…
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Top 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…
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Carer’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…
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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.…
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Know 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…
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Carers 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…
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Safeguarding 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 leads to a…
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Free 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…
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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…
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