Young Carers Appeal Launch!
Can you help local young carers to take a break? To mark Carers Week 2025, an appeal to help ensure that local young carers get to be a child and take a break this summer, launches today. Every day...
It’s Carers Week 2025!
This Carers Week, 9th - 15th June 2025, we are celebrating the amazing carers in East Sussex, thanking them for everything they do. Carers Week is also an important time to raise awareness of...
National Volunteers Week 25
It’s National Volunteers Week! 2nd – 8th June 2025 This annual celebration is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the contribution of all those who dedicate their time to volunteer. ...
Local Centres 3 years on…
Carers Week 2025 marks the 3rd birthday for local carers centres in Hastings and Uckfield, with over 350 carers making use of them since opening. Carers told us that they were looking for services...
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 12th to 18th May, and the theme is 'community', celebrating the power and importance of a cohesive community. The...
E-Sports Fundraiser with ESC Lewes
The E-Sports students and staff at East Sussex College Lewes are supporting carers across East Sussex by hosting a gaming fundraiser on an epic scale! On Thursday 8th May, students, gamers,...
Young Carers Action Day 2025
It's Young Carers Action Day! We are looking forward to using the day to help raise awareness of young carers across the county. There are around 15,000 young carers living across East Sussex who...
Carer Money Matters
We’re delighted that Care for the Carers have secured funding to offer further support to carers around financial inclusion until March 2026, as part of the Carers Trust ‘Carer Money Matters’...
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...
Stay warm and well this winter
With low temperatures over winter, it is important to stay warm and well. If you look after a relative, friend or neighbour, as well as looking after those you care for, we would like to encourage...
Support for carers this Christmas
Our office and phone lines will be closed from 3.30pm on the 24th December to 10am on the 2nd January 2025. Christmas can be a stressful and challenging time, especially when you are caring for...
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,...
Take part in our Christmas raffle
As the festive season fast approaches we are delighted to launch our Christmas Raffle 2024, with the top prizes of two hampers filled with goodies and two fabulous runner up prizes, to kick off your...
Bringing that touch of gentleness
Unpaid carers give so much to those they look after, and it can be incredibly challenging for them to find the opportunity to be kind to themselves and take even a short break from caring. Through...
Sussex MSK Partnership becomes ‘Carer Friendly’
Sussex MSK Partnership was recently awarded ‘Carer Friendly’ status by Care for the Carers. Horder Healthcare is part of Sussex MSK Partnership East, which supports patients with bone, joint and...
World Mental Health Day
The focus for this year’s World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2024 is mental health in the workplace. There are an estimated 2.5 million working carers in the UK, and of course it's important...
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...
Careline Autumn edition is here!
The Autumn 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...
Local Carers Centre gives carers a wellbeing boost
For many local carers finding the energy, time and money to do things they enjoy and that will benefit their health and wellbeing, like going to the gym or attending an exercise or leisure class can...
Supporting Pride
Care for the Carers joined other local charities at Eastbourne Pride at Princes Park in Eastbourne on Saturday 20th July, to raise awareness of support available for local carers. Care for the...
Happy birthday Uckfield Local Carers Centre!
The Uckfield Local Carers Centre recently celebrated its 2nd birthday in style at ’Caring Beyond Belief’, our end of Carers Week community event. Since first opening its doors in June 2022, it has...
National Volunteers Week 24
It's National Volunteers Week (3rd June – 9th June) and we want to take this opportunity to extend a very big thank you to all our wonderful volunteers. We have dedicated volunteers across the...
Celebrating seven years in partnership with The 3H Foundation, providing breaks to local carers
Why is getting a break so important to carers? Caring can impact every area of a person's life, with our Annual Carers Survey revealing that locally 85% of carers feel alone and isolated in their...
Going the extra mile…
Two dedicated staff members at Care for the Carers have raised raised over £1,300 for local carers. Miriam Wilkinson, Head of Communities, took part in the Rathfinny Run at Alfriston and Dan...
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week
It's Mental Health Awareness Week Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th May 2024. This year’s theme, as set by the Mental Health Foundation is “Movement: moving...
Annual Carers’ Voices Conference 2024
Our Annual Carers Voices Event takes place during Carers Week on Tuesday 11th June 2024. Join us for the day at the Kings Centre, Eastbourne from 10am to 4pm. Hear from speakers from NHS Sussex,...
Careline Spring edition is here!
The Spring 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...
East Sussex College ESports student fundraiser
Students on the Esports course at East Sussex College created and ran a gaming fundraiser on Thursday 22nd February, in aid of local young people who are caring. They raised funds and awareness...
Do you want to try something new?
Have you thought about trying something new this year? How about joining us as a volunteer? We are looking for new volunteers to join our team to support carers in East Sussex. We have a choice of...
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...