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Carers voices Articles
Young carer making a big difference
Oliver Davis, aged 15, from Eastbourne, is a young carer making a big difference. Oliver won a BBC Make a Difference Award for Surrey and Sussex in October 2024, for his role as a young carer. He...
Response to ESCC consultation 2024
Below is Care for the Carers' response to the East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care and Health savings consultation, submitted on 28th November 2024: 28th November 2024 Dear ESCC colleagues,...
Carers meet with Josh Babarinde MP
Local carers took a trip on the Brighton i360 with Josh Babarinde MP recently, to talk to him about the challenges they face as carers, their lives and aspirations. Care for the Carers invited...
Carers Voices in 2023
2023 was another busy year meeting with and listening to carers across the county, with lots of opportunities for carers to have their say on the big issues affecting them. We met with carers at...
Annual Carers Survey 2023
Please help improve services for carers in East Sussex by telling us what is important to you, your experience as a carer, what is needed and how you feel about what Care for the Carers does. We’d...
Taking care of yourself in 2023
In September 2022 we held our Cost of Living focus groups to see the areas where carers are struggling. As we spoke with carers at these groups, they shared some of their top tips with us to help...
Carers Voices Annual Report 2022
Carers’ voices often go unheard. We frequently hear from carers that their views are being ignored or not valued, and that as a result, services and support systems are designed without their needs...
How the cost of living crisis is affecting carers in East Sussex
In September 2022 we held our Cost of Living focus groups to see the areas where carers are struggling. Affording monthly expenses Almost all of the carers we spoke to said they are experiencing a...
Cost of Living focus groups
Tell us about your experiences of the cost of living crisis at one of three focus groups in September. Many people are feeling the effects of the current cost of living crisis and carers are amongst...
Annual Carers Survey 2022
This year’s survey is now closed. The results will be reported on in our Carers' Voices Report 2022, published in the Summer. Help improve services for carers in East Sussex by telling us what is...
Sussex carers experiences of health care – research and findings
As part of The Sussex Carers Partnership, Care for the Carers were commissioned by the Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to undertake a research project to gather the experiences of carers...