#Carers

Foster Care Workers Branch of the IWGB

Members from all areas of the country are contacting us to tell us they are sick or self isolating and their foster children have been moved. As a result they

Well done to ⁦@BBCRadioScot⁩ & ⁦@BBCGaryR⁩ for the focus on carers at breaking point. Spot on Simon & team from ⁦⁦@CarersScotland⁩Reduced services see unpaid carers in Scotland pushed to the

In the UK there are around 700,000 Young Carers (Under-18) and around 376,000 Young Adult Carers(16-25). This #WorldMentalHealthDay I want to make people aware that there are thousands of children

Dr Jewish 🏳️‍🌈💖💛💙

Things I have learned while nursing my dad, a short thread 1/? It really is a circle of life. His needs are so simple now: love, comfort, and kindness. Also

dysphoria beckham

if you #ClapForCarers honestly i don't wanna hear it. i get paid minimum wage for my care job. getting supported by handclaps when you're barely getting the financial support to

The Fostering Network in Wales

We wanted to 1) hear the voice of the child 2) identify practical and emotional support that can be put into place and 3) give foster carers confidence in the

Shared Care Scotland

Reopening short breaks & respite services will be a significant step towards reinstating services that many carers & those they support rely upon. This week we're asking #carers, what matters

Martin J Keatings

MartinJKeatings

Below is the UK Governments own definition of a Worker. Unpaid Carers are not classified as "workers" under UK law, but their private and public sector counterparts are. People who

This lockdown is a doddle compared to the almost nine years I spent being a full-time carer, with one free week every two months; Limited social contact and very restricted

Tracy 💜 🇮🇪 🇳🇴

THREAD about "life after lock down"First of all, we aren't there yet, so please, for the sake of everyone who is at high risk of dying from #COVID19, stay home

In early work to document #covidrealities, parents & carers shared their experiences of life on a low income during the pandemic; keeping diaries & responding to themed questions. We share

- Struggling to get PPE and worrying about their own health and those they care for- Saying goodbye to residents they call friends every dayMy special report on how neglect

Anne McLaughlin SNP MP

1/4 Getting lots of emails from constituents feeling absolutely #betrayed by the UK Govt over the #Cummings affair. This is not copy&paste emails from a website, it’s heartfelt personal expressions

Friends, we have a few years to dramatically change our ways of living, to keep the climate crisis to something hard but manageable, to prevent full blown meltdown of ecosystems.

Shubhanna Hussain-Ahmed

It turns out that a lot of folk don’t really understand why people who employ Personal Assistants (to help with their personal and social care support), and unpaid carers who

Tracy 💜 🇮🇪 🇳🇴

Ireland, did you know that there's a social welfare benefit which requires you work full time in order to receive it? It's also means tested, which means no matter how