Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. Click on the image above to visit our webpage that features all the free events & activities we've arranged to celebrate the week.
Or click on the titles below for details of each event and how you can join us.
The Carer's Leave Bill has gained Royal Assent and is now an Act
We’re delighted to report the Carer’s Leave Bill gained Royal Assent on 24 May and became the Carer’s Leave Act meaning it will now become law. This is great news for the millions of people in the UK who have to juggle their unpaid caring responsibilities with paid employment. Click on the image or link for more details from Carers UK about the Act on what it means for employees.
An invitation for carers to 'have your say' at a Monday 5 June meeting
If you are an unpaid carer (of any age) the Sheffield Carer Voice Group want to hear about your experiences of health or social care services to help improve them for other carers. You are an expert through your experience of caring and this is a chance to have your say in services, policies and decisions that affect you and the people you care for. We call this ‘carer voice’.
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An introduction to FoodCycle and an inviation to join them on 13 June
FoodCycle is a charity with a vision to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past. They feed the hungry and give company to the lonely in communities by providing delicious meals and great conversation using food that would otherwise go to waste. Use the link for details of the free meals they're serving up at Parson Cross at 6:30pm on Tuesday 13 June.
Carers News! is produced by Sheffield Carers Centre which is a registered charity (1041250)
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