18th August 2021
Unpaid carers and staff from Carers Trust and the National Garden Scheme enjoyed a beautiful celebration today of 25 years of National Garden Scheme funding for Carers Trust.
18th August 2021
Carers Trust’s Executive Director of Fundraising, Svetlana Kirov, looks back over a 25 year partnership and explains what makes the relationship with the National Garden Scheme so special.
To celebrate 25 years’ of garden giving for Carers Trust, the National Garden Scheme’s The Old Vicarage in West Sussex opened its beautiful gardens for unpaid carers to get a much-needed break from the constant pressure of their caring role at home.
An innovative new Carers Trust pilot project is looking to find ways to give young carers that extra bit of support they need to harness and develop their skills so they can compete on an equal footing for training and employment opportunities.
Carers Trust Scotland and the Scottish Government have been working with young carers and their services to continue the delivery of an online Festival, and have responded to young carers’ feedback from last year to make this year’s Festival the best it can be!
Amanda Pritchard is to be appointed to succeed Sir Simon Stevens as Chief Executive of NHS England.
To celebrate 25 years’ of garden giving for Carers Trust, the National Garden Scheme’s The Old Rectory at Farnborough, near Wantage opened its beautiful gardens for a free visit for family carers.
27th July 2021
Carers Trust is delighted to announce that the Carers Trust Network in Scotland is growing. Three new Network Partners bring our total of Network Partners in Scotland to 17.
To help celebrate its 25 years’ of support and fundraising for Carers Trust, the a National Garden Scheme garden opened for a free visit for family carers. The visit helped unpaid carers get a much-needed break from the pressure of their caring role at home.
14th July 2021
Carers Trust is delighted to announce that its Scarborough-based Network Partner, Carers Plus Yorkshire, has been awarded the Excellence for Carers Award.
Carers Trust Scotland today is releasing research about the experiences of the pandemic among unpaid carers and carer service support workers across Scotland. More than 500 participants shared the challenges of caring, and supporting unpaid carers, throughout the pandemic.
The government has today set out in Parliament new proposals for a modern health and social care system which, it says, will deliver “better care for our communities”.
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