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‘Making Caring Visible and Valued’ Carers Week, 7th-13th June 2021 Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign that celebrates and recognises the vital contribution of the UK’s unpaid carers – supporting family members and friends who are older, have a disability, mental or physical illness or need extra help as they grow older. Join us […]

Carers News Spring Edition Out Now Hello and the warmest of welcomes to the Spring Edition of Carers News. Coming up in this issue: Looking after our Health and wellbeing with the Healthy Lifestyles Team . We also drop in on the Carers Introduction to Meditation Workshop, and keep an eye out for all of […]

Make Carers Count! Calling all carers

Tuesday 16th March 2021 is Young Carers Action Day and we are asking people to take action for young carers no matter how small and emphasise that we all have a responsibility to support them.

Did you hear our Engagement Worker Steve on Radio Reverb this week? Steve chatted to John Keenan on his show ‘The Brighton Beat’ about all of the support we offer to Young and Adult Carers here at The Carers Centre for Brighton and Hove. If you didn’t manage to catch it, you can listen again […]

Hello and welcome to our Winter Edition of Carers News…. Coming up in this issue we bring you all the goings on from the Carers Centre. In this issue we will be looking at how Reablement has supported carers throughout the lock-downs. We will catch up with all the goings on with the Young Carers […]

As part of Carers Trust’s online conference for their network partners, one of our wonderful patrons Professor Saul Becker had an enlightening and powerful discussion with Andrew Marr.

Hosted by Possability People’s Get Involved Group, this is a webinar for disabled people, their families and carers. Hear the latest updates and information from the Public Health Team at Brighton & Hove City Council, ask questions, and have your voice heard.

Would you like to be involved in research into carer wellbeing? What does the study involve? A questionnaire at the start and end of the study Two wellbeing activities each week for five weeks e.g. reflective journaling, identifying unhelpful beliefs, colouring for relaxation Weekly check-in emails from a therapist What are the potential benefits? Improved […]

​Flu vaccination clinics across Brighton and Hove are underway this autumn and the NHS is encouraging anyone who is eligible for a free flu vaccination to book an appointment with their GP or pharmacist, as soon as they receive an invitation.