by Amy Hope | Jun 1, 2024 | Carer News, Fundraising
Why is getting a break so important to carers? Caring can impact every area of a person’s life, with our Annual Carers Survey revealing that locally 85% of carers feel alone and isolated in their caring role, and 97% of carers feel stressed. Our Activities...
by Amy Hope | Nov 1, 2023 | Carer News
National Stress Awareness Day takes place on Wednesday 1st November 2023, the focus of the day is to raise awareness of the effects of psychological distress in the workplace and strategies to address it.Nationally, in recent years 41% of employees experienced poor...
by Amy Hope | May 18, 2023 | Carer News
Discussing Anxiety during Mental Health Awareness Week A guest article by Richard Pettit. Richard is the Carer Support Worker for our Mental Health Project. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week he talks about Anxiety, and where you can go for support. ...
by Amy Hope | Jun 15, 2022 | Carer News
Supporting male carers this Men’s Health Week Men’s Health Week 13th-19th June 2022 For Men’s Health Week our Serious Mental Illness Carers Project Team, James and Richard, write on where male carers can receive support locally. Men’s Health...
by Amy Hope | Jun 11, 2022 | Carer News
10 top tips to show support for someone who cares this Carers Week Guest post by Lily Meyers Lily Meyers is a Freelance writer who primarily focuses on lifestyle and homecare writing. According to Carers UK, there are over 6.5 million people who are unpaid carers in...
by Amy Hope | Jun 9, 2022 | Carer News
The reality of being a carer Guest post by Rebecca Fuller Rebecca Fuller is a public speaker and writer promoting understanding about wellbeing, dementia and support for carers. Rebecca is a former carer for her mum and shared her story with Care for the Cares to mark...
by Amy Hope | Jun 6, 2022 | Campaigns, Carer News
It’s Carers Week! Carers Week, 6th – 12th June 2022, Making Caring Visible, Valued and Supported Our pledge to you: This Carers Week we’re celebrating the amazing carers in East Sussex, thanking them for everything they do, and holding events where...
by Amy Hope | May 31, 2022 | Carer News
Volunteering for Care for the Carers- guest blog from Carmen Dupre 31 May 2022 Claire’s volunteering story By Carmen Dupre Our Social Media Volunteer, Carmen speaks to one of our Carers in Touch volunteers, Claire about her volunteering journey with us. Claire,...
by Amy Hope | Oct 19, 2021 | Carer News, Fundraising
Take part in our Christmas Covered raffle As the festive season fast approaches we are delighted to launch our Christmas Covered raffle, with the top prize a trolley full of Christmas goodies worth up to £350, and two fabulous runner up prizes, to kick off your...
by Amy Hope | Jul 5, 2021 | Carer News, Fundraising
Skydiving for carers Congratulations and thank you to the fearless Babs and her granddaughter Hazel, who both completed skydives and raised over £500 for Care for the Carers! They jumped over 12,000ft from a plane in a tandem skydive with an instructor. Hazel...
