Carers Week | 7th – 13th June 2021
Unpaid carers continue to face challenges because of the pandemic. Many are taking on more caring responsibilities for their relatives and friends who are disabled, of ill health or elderly and are in need of support. Caring can impact on all aspects of life from relationships and health to finances and work.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contributions they make to families and our local community. We hosted a range of online and in-person events to celebrate and had a great week. Thank you to all the carers who came along and to our course facilitators. Take a look at the photos below for a snap shot of what we got up to.
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Carers Week Blogs
Working together to support carers
Our Chief Executive Sonia Mangan; Tom Lambert, Chief Executive of The Carers Centre for Brighton and Hove; and Jennifer Twist, Chief Executive at Care for the Carers, have co-authored this special blog for Sussex Health and Care Partnership&...
08 June 2021
Carers Week 2021
PRESS RELEASE Over 100,000 people are thought to be regularly caring for a friend or family member in West Sussex, so this Carers Week, running from 7 – 13 June, it’s more important than ever to raise awareness and shine a spotlight on the inform...
01 June 2021
Carers Week 2021 Creative Competition: Making Caring Visible and Valued
In previous Carers Week photography competitions, we have been so blown away by the effort and talent of our carers. Judging the winners certainly was not an easy task! Take a look for yourself, you can view last year’s winners here. We realise ...
19 May 2021
Carers Week 2020 Photography Competition winners
We held a photography competition for Carers Week, with the theme Spotlight On Carers. We’re pleased to announce the three winners below. There were so many fantastic entries and it was hard to pick just three winners. Thank you everyone who enter...
19 June 2020
Reflecting on Carers Week
Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign to bring caring right out into the open – recognising and celebrating the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK. Although we couldn’t meet up as normal this year, we had ...
18 June 2020
Shine the Light: Part three
It’s Carers Week, and the theme for 2020 is ‘Making Caring Visible’. Carers should be celebrated for the incredibly vital work they do every day for friends and family members. This week we’ll be sharing the stories of a few of our carers, to shin...
11 June 2020
Shine the Light: Part two
It’s Carers Week, and the theme for 2020 is ‘Making Caring Visible’. Carers should be celebrated for the incredibly vital work they do every day for friends and family members. This week we’ll be sharing the stories of a few of our carers, to shin...
10 June 2020
Cookies for Carers Recipe
Faye, a Carer Wellbeing Support Worker on our Dementia team, has made this cookie recipe to be possibly the most versatile cookie recipe ever. It has been especially created and adapted for the Carers of Carers Support West Sussex and for increasi...
09 June 2020
Shine the Light: Part one
It’s Carers Week, and the theme for 2020 is ‘Making Caring Visible’. Carers should be celebrated for the incredibly vital work they do every day for friends and family members. This week we’ll be sharing the stories of a few of our carers, to shin...
09 June 2020
Carers Week 2020: Event schedule
Although we can’t meet up as normal this Carers Week, we have planned a week of virtual exclusive events for us to connect up during this time with a mix of social, wellbeing, and learning events. Please see more information below about the carefu...
26 May 2020
Making Caring Visible and Shining a Light on Family and Friend Carers Across West Sussex
Every Thursday evening, we stand on our doorsteps and make some noise. At first, we were clapping for the NHS, then we added in key workers, shop-workers, posties, delivery drivers, each other and now we are just clapping to be alive. There is so...
26 May 2020
Carers Week 2020 Photography Competition – Spotlight on Carers
Last year for Carers Week we launched our first Photo Competition and were blown away by the fantastic entries. We’re excited to be bringing the competition back for Carers Week 2020 with the theme ‘Spotlight on Carers’ Caring can be both wonderfu...
19 May 2020