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 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.

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Social Prescribing Good Practice and Top Tips

These documents showcase good practice in Social Prescribing and interventions combatting loneliness amongst unpaid carers. They explore how local VCSE organisations and statutory partners have worked together to develop successful Social Prescribing and interventions aimed at combatting loneliness amongst unpaid carers.

Published: 2022

Good Practice

Time Away From Caring: Good Practice in Carer Breaks

Carers Trust developed this report and resources as part of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, alongside Carers UK. The project, supported by the Department of Health and Social Care, looked at good practice in delivering carer breaks and using these good practice examples, in depth interviews with experts, developed Top Tips for commissioners and providers.

Published: 2023

Good Practice

Good Practice Approaches to Supporting Carers in Wales

This document is designed to be used by Regional Partnership Boards, Local authorities, Local Health Boards and third sector organisations in Wales to support the identification and commissioning of good services for unpaid carers.

Published: 2019

Guidance

Commissioning for Carers

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across England are under enormous pressure to meet financial targets and priority areas for improvements within the NHS. This guidance demonstrates how commissioning for carers can help CCGs deliver desired outcomes and make savings across health and social care.

Published: 2015

Guidance

Caring for Someone with Dementia/Gofalu am Rywun â Dementia

Caring for Someone with Dementia: A guide for family and friends is a comprehensive resource that brings together the practical information and emotional guidance that carers need to support their own well-being. Mae Gofalu am Rywun â Dementia: Canllaw i deuluoedd a ffrindiau yn adnodd cynhwysfawr sy’n cyfuno gwybodaeth ymarferol a chyfarwyddyd emosiynol sydd eu hangen ar ofalwyr i gefnogi eu llesiant eu hunain.

Published: 2020

Guidance

The Triangle of Care for Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Carers Trust has developed the Triangle of Care for Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYP MHS) as a supplementary guide to complement the Triangle of Care (Carers Trust, 2013) and to help mental health professionals in CYP MHS to be better able to identify, understand and support carers.

Published: 2020

Good Practice

Triangle of Care Membership Scheme in England

The Triangle of Care membership scheme was developed by Carers Trust and is aimed at mental health providers. The Triangle of Care describes a therapeutic relationship between the patient, staff member and carer that promotes safety, supports communication and sustains wellbeing.

Published: 2020

Good Practice

Menu of Questions for Carers Supporting People with Mental Health Problems

A set of suggested questions for carers to think about when meeting with members of mental health teams, either in-patient or community teams.

Published: 2019

Guidance

Triangle of Care Celebration Event Presentation

A presentation from the Triangle of Care Celebration Event which took place on 9 October 2019. The Triangle of Care describes a therapeutic relationship between the patient, staff member and carer that promotes safety, supports communication and sustains wellbeing. 

Published: 2019

Good Practice

Identification of Carers in GP Practices

One of the main obstacles to carers getting the right support is identification – both self-identification and identification by health professionals. This document highlights some of the good practice that has been developed by Carers Trust Network Partners. We hope it will encourage GP practices to look at the ways they identify carers, and enable carers to get the support they need.

Published: 2018