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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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Scottish Young Carers Festival 2023 Report

Summary of the 2023 Scottish Young Carers Festival evaluation and consultation findings.

Published: 2023

Toolkit

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.

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

Good Practice

Gofalwyr Ifanc mewn Ysgolion Offer Canllaw Cam wrth Gam (Cymru)/Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Step-by-step Guide for Leaders, Teachers and Non-teaching Staff Wales Edition (Welsh language)

Designed with teachers and schools staff,  the Young Carers in Schools Step-by-step Guide for Leaders, Teachers and Non-teaching Staff, helps make the identification and support of young carers in schools in primary and secondary schools in Wales as easy as possible. The Guide and tools are available in English and Welsh.

Published: 2017

Guidance

The Triangle of Care Carers Included: A Guide to Best Practice for Dementia Care in Scotland

The Triangle of Care describes a therapeutic relationship between the person with dementia (patient), staff member and carer that promotes safety, supports communication and sustains wellbeing. To reflect the Scottish context, the Triangle of Care has been adapted to suit the Scottish legislation, initiatives and policies around dementia. 

Published: 2015

Research

Scottish Young Carers Festival 2023 consultation findings

Summary of the consultation findings from the 2023 Scottish Young Carers Festival.

Published: 2023

Toolkit

Adnoddau i gefnogi meddygon teulu i adnabod gofalwyr hŷn

Mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr wedi lansio cyfres newydd o adnoddau, i helpu staff meddygon teulu a gofal sylfaenol i nodi a chefnogi gofalwyr hŷn.

Mae'r adnoddau'n cynnwys taflen, cerdyn cyswllt, a phoster, sydd i gyd ar gael yn ddigidol ac fel adnoddau y gellir eu hargraffu. Maent wedi cael eu cynhyrchu fel rhan o brosiect ar y cyd rhwng Age Cymru ac Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru, a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru.

Published: 2022

Research

Experiences of Unpaid Carers caring for someone with Dementia

Carers Trust Wales’ report, ‘Experiences of unpaid carers caring for someone with dementia’, draws on the contextually rich narratives of carers of people living with dementia. Individual interviews were conducted during the pandemic.

Published: 2022

Research

Profiadau gofalwyr di-dâl yn gofalu am rywun â dementia

Mae adroddiad Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru, ‘Profiadau gofalwyr di-dâl yn gofalu am rywun â dementia’, yn tynnu ar naratifau cyd-destunol gyfoethog gofalwyr pobl sy’n byw gyda dementia. Cynhaliwyd y cyfweliadau yn ystod y pandemig.

Published: 2022

Toolkit

Resources To Help GPs Identify Older Carers

Carers Trust Wales have launched a new series of resources, to help GP and primary care staff to identify and support older carers.

The resources consist of a leaflet, a contact card, and a poster, all of which are available both digitally and as printable resources.

Published: 2022