Resources
Carers Trust offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with unpaid carers. To find a resource, please use the search options in the right hand column or search through the list below. If you have any queries about our resources, please contact web@carers.org.
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Carers Trust Knowledge Hub
Carers Trust Network Partner local carer organisations can access our Knowledge Hub where you can find resources on best practice, innovation, and shared intelligence from other Network Partners.
Become a network partnerAdult Unpaid Carer Wellbeing Toolkit
Caring for You is a toolkit for adult carers to use either individually, by support workers to carry out in sessions, or in peer-led support groups. The toolkit offers practical activities and tips to deal with specific emotions which can arise from having a caring role, as well as ideas on how to maintain a good overall wellbeing.
Carer Contingency Campaign Pack: Supporting Carers and Strengthening Local Care Systems
As part of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, the Carers Partnership worked with NHS England to create this Carer Contingency Campaign Pack. It is designed to help local carer organisations collaborate with local partners to implement Carer Contingency Plans in their communities.
Carers and Hospital Discharge Toolkit for London Hospitals and Community Providers
This resource has been created as a toolkit for London hospitals and community providers and provides action-orientated ‘Top tips’ for good practice, aimed at improving outcomes for all carers through their hospital journey.
Scottish Young Carers Festival 2023 consultation findings
Summary of the consultation findings from the 2023 Scottish Young Carers Festival.
Scottish Young Carers Festival 2023 Report
Summary of the 2023 Scottish Young Carers Festival evaluation and consultation findings.
Young Carer Mental Health Toolkit
Carers Trust in Scotland has developed, with young carers, a new mental health toolkit for use with professionals working with young carers.
Scottish Young Carers Festival 2022 Report
This report brings together the consultation feedback gathered at the 2022 Scottish Young Carers Festival.
Adroddiad: Gofalu Am Rywun Sy'n Byw  Dementia
Mae’n bleser gan Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru lansio’r adroddiad newydd “Adroddiad: Gofalu Am Rywun Sy'n Byw  Dementia”. Mae’r adroddiad hwn wedi’i ddatblygu fel rhan o’n prosiect i sicrhau bod mwy o ofalwyr hŷn yn cael eu nodi a’u cefnogi, mewn partneriaeth ag Age Cymru ac wedi’i ariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
Breaking the Silence on Mental Health
This toolkit for young carer and young adult carer services shares learning from Carers Trust’s My Mental Health project. It has information, guidance and best practice on amplifying the voices of young carers and young adult carers and providing more opportunities for their input into mental health support.
COVID-19 In Scotland
A report detailing the experiences of unpaid carers and carer service support workers in Scotland, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The report makes a series of recommendations and suggestions to support carer service support workers as they move out of the crisis phase of the pandemic.