Join The Carers Forum - We would love some more members. Forum members are generally carers who are happy to share their experiences of being a carer, both positive and negative, and who would like to make a difference to the lives of other carers. You can be a current or former carer and, if you need help with travel expenses or respite, we may be able to help you with that. Meetings are held quarterly and last a couple of hours. We have listened to what our forum members have told us, and here are some of the actions we’ve taken so far: our members tell us that some of their most useful and valuable advice has come Peer support: from other carers. We’ve begun drafting a leaflet full of some of this advice and will be sending this out to every new carer who registers with us. Carer-friendly services: some of our carers are acting as shoppers’ using external support ‘mystery and services, and feeding back to us when their experience hasn’t been what they’d like it to be. We’ll be taking that forward Decision-makers: carers have told us they want to speak to the decision-makers and funders in the statutory sector. We’re planning on inviting these people along to future meetings so that carers can speak up and have their voice heard If you are interested and want to find out more call us on 0300 303 1555 or email Virtual Drop-Ins For those carers who find it difficult to access support during the day, we run drop ins” “virtual every Wednesday from 6-8pm. One of our support team will be available to chat via email and give advice about your caring role. Simply email hello@carersfirst.org.uk between 6-8pm on Wednesdays to talk to us.
Join The Carers Forum - We would love some more members. Forum members are generally carers who are happy to share their experiences of being a carer, both positive and negative, and who would like to make a difference to the lives of other carers. You can be a current or former carer and, if you need help with travel expenses or respite, we may be able to help you with that. Meetings are held quarterly and last a couple of hours. We have listened to what our forum members have told us, and here are some of the actions we’ve taken so far: Peer support: our members tell us that some of their most useful and valuable advice has come from other carers. We’ve begun drafting a leaflet full of some of this advice and will be sending this out to every new carer who registers with us. Carer-friendly services: some of our carers are acting as ‘mystery shoppers’ using external support and services, and feeding back to us when their experience hasn’t been what they’d like it to be. We’ll be taking that forward Decision-makers: carers have told us they want to speak to the decision-makers and funders in the statutory sector. We’re planning on inviting these people along to future meetings so that carers can speak up and have their voice heard If you are interested and want to find out more call us on 0300 303 1555 or email Virtual Drop-Ins For those carers who find it difficult to access support during the day, we run “virtual drop ins” every Wednesday from 6-8pm. One of our support team will be available to chat via email and give advice about your caring role. Simply email hello@carersfirst.org.uk between 6-8pm on Wednesdays to talk to us.