It’s Carers Rights Day!
It's Carers Rights Day! This is an important day that brings organisations and communities together, to help spread the world so that carers know their rights and find out how to get the support...
Support your wellbeing in the workplace, this National Stress Awareness Day
National Stress Awareness Day takes place on Wednesday 1st November 2023, the focus of the day is to raise awareness of the effects of psychological distress in the workplace and strategies to...
Black History Month 2023
October marks Black History Month in the UK. This year the Black History Month theme is 'Saluting our Sisters' and is dedicated to honouring the achievements of black women who are often the...
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day 2023 is an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right” to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions...
Careline Autumn edition out now!
The new edition of Careline is now available. Careline is the magazine for everyone who cares for a relative, friend or neighbour in East Sussex who couldn’t manage without your help Your Autumn...
Getting to know Community Fridges
Helen is a local parent carer who co-founded the Old Town Community Fridge in Eastbourne with her colleague Sandra. We asked Helen to tell us more about how carers can access Community Fridges like...
Your local Pharmacy can help you
Guest article by Mark Donaghy, Kamsons Pharmacy Local pharmacies are a great source of help, support and advice for carers. If you need advice on prescribed medicines or on what over-the-counter...
Recognising Carers Week – Matthew McKenzie
This Carers Week, carer and poet Matthew McKenzie FRSA joins us to talk about the importance of the campaign. First of all, I would like to say thanks to Care for the Carers giving me the voice to...
Carers Week 2023
Carers Week, 5th - 11th June 2023 Recognising and Supporting Carers in the Community This Carers Week we are once again celebrating the amazing carers in East Sussex, thanking them for everything...
Volunteers Week 1-7 June 2023
Volunteers Week 1-7th June It’s National Volunteers Week! This annual celebration is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the contribution of all those who dedicate their time to volunteer....
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...
Supporting young carers in Hastings
We are very excited to be supporting young carers in Hastings with our new Young Carers campaign with Active Hastings! During the campaign we are encouraging local sports clubs and organisations to...
Annual Carers’ Voices Event – Celebrating Carers Week
Our Annual Carers Voices Event will take place during Carers Week on Thursday 8th June 2023 Join us for the day at the beautiful Landsdowne Hotel on Eastbourne Seafront from 9.30am till 3pm. Hear...
Discussing Anxiety during Mental Health Awareness Week
A guest article by Richard Pettit. Richard is the Carer Support Worker for our Mental Health Project. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week he talks about Anxiety, and where you can go for...
Mindfulness and Springtime
A guest article by Angela Hesterbanks. Angela is an accredited Mindfulness & Meditation teacher. After her mindfulness workshops for carers in January and February, she joins us to talk about...
Respite with Sussex Support Service
Sussex Support Service CIC join us to celebrate their recent 10 year Anniversary and talk about the support they can provide to carers. Sussex Support Service provide respite in Uckfield for carers...
Young Carers Action Day 2023 – Make Time for Young Carers
Young Carers Action Day will take place on Wednesday 15th March 2023. The day raises awareness of young carers and young adult carers (aged up to 25 years old), who provide care and/or support to a...
International Women’s Day 2023
A day to celebrate women from across the world, International Women's Day (IWD) was initiated in 1911. Since then it has been marked annually on March 8th, with this being an important moment in the...
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...
Winter Wellness Tools
Molly and Lucy from Coastal Wellbeing share how they are using Winter Wellness Tools to stay well this winter. The winter months can be tough at the best of times. This year we are faced with the...
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...
Stay warm and well this winter
The temperatures are on the rise, but it is still important people stay warm and well this winter. If you look after a relative, friend or neighbour, we would like to encourage you to focus on your...
Support for carers this Christmas
Our offices will be closed from 3pm on Friday 23rd December until 9am on Tuesday 3rd January. Christmas can be a stressful and challenging time, especially when you are caring for someone. We’ve...
Carers Rights Day 2022: Caring Costs
What is Carers Rights Day? Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 24th November 2022. Carers Rights Day is a national campaign that brings organisations together to help unpaid carers know their rights...
World Mental Health Day 2022
James Baker, Senior Team Leader for Mental Health at Care for the Carers As you may or may not know, Monday the 10th of October is World Mental Health Day. The objective of World Mental Health Day...
We’ve been nominated for an HSJ Award
Setting the standard for Healthcare Excellence as four local charities working with family and friend carers are shortlisted for a major health award An alliance of four Sussex based charities...
Her Majesty the Queen
We are deeply saddened by the news of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Before she became Queen, she said: ‘I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short shall be...
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...
Seeing Carers – a carers’ photography project
UPDATE: The photo book from the exhibition is now available to view as PDF here If you are in Hastings or St. Leonard's before the end of July, please go along to the free public exhibition 'Seeing...