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Join us as we celebrate Carers Week 2023 Our focus this year is on celebrating carers; raising awareness of caring; and promoting the idea of Think Carer, for services and organisations to be more ‘carer friendly’.

The Autism Partnership Board have this week launched its autism consultation as part of its commitment to developing the city-wide Brighton & Hove Autism Strategy, which focuses on improving the lives of, and celebrating the strengths of autistic people. The Autism Partnership Board is a joint partnership led by autistic people with the support of […]

Hello and welcome to your Spring 2023 edition of Carers News. Coming up in this issue we take a look towards Carers Week coming up in June, updates from projects from The Carers Centre, Being a Carer in Brighton & Hove, Catch up with the Young Carers and all of our upcoming groups and activities. […]

We have now revised our Fact Sheet No. 3 – Respite Care Services (February 2023). This Fact Sheet provides lots of information on respite care services

UCAS introduces identification for Young Carers when applying to University For the first time ever, UCAS (University and Colleges Admissions Service) has introduced a way for young carers to self-identify on their UCAS application.

We have now revised our Fact Sheet No 5 – Transport Services (January 2023). This gives a lot of information about local and national transport services

Do you provide unpaid care for a family member or friend who is aged 55 or over in the Brighton and Hove area? If so we have an opportunity that may be of interest to you!

We were delighted to welcome over 20 carers to our Carers Rights Day event on 24th November 2022. Carers were joined by staff from The Carers Centre along with Terry, Chief of Staff at NHS Sussex and 3 of his colleagues.

As part of Making Carers Count (a pan-Sussex project supporting carers from diverse backgrounds) we hosted a carer get together at Stanmer Park in Brighton.

We have now revised our Fact Sheet No 7 – Holidays and Breaks (November 2022). This gives a lot of information about holidays and breaks for carers and the people they look after, when going either together or separately.