Join care home feedback sessions for carers in East Sussex
Does your friend or relative live in a care home? Healthwatch together with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT) and Care for the Carers will be hosting three monthly, online discussion...
Your views explored
This year, family and friend carers have been given the opportunity to ‘have their say’ at various carer engagement initiatives across Sussex. We are inviting unpaid, family and friend carers across...
Additional support for unpaid carers at Hastings GP practices
Are you looking after someone who couldn’t manage without your help and live in Hastings? Are you registered at Churchwood Medical Practice, Hastings Old Town Surgery, Warrior Square Surgery or...
Coronavirus latest information from Care for the Carers
Updated 24th January 2022. The Government has announced that the measures put in place under plan B in England will be lifted. You should continue to follow safer behaviours to protect yourself and...
Free carer activities for carers in Hastings
We have free activities for unpaid carers in the Hastings, East Sussex, area including online cookery sessions, bingo and pamper gifts to your door. Find out more.
Annual Carers Voices Conference 2020: Six months on
Read our latest update on what action has taken place in response to the conference recommendations.
Hastings Direct’s new initiatives to support staff who are carers
Hastings Direct - one of the biggest employers in Hastings and Rother - are launching their carer-friendly initiatives to support their staff. Hastings Direct, the general insurance provider based...
Support for carers at Christmas
Christmas can be a stressful and challenging time, especially when you are caring for someone. Changes in the Government measures to control the pandemic mean many of us can’t celebrate in the way...
Carers Rights Day 2020. Know your rights
What are your rights as a carer? Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 26th November 2020. This year's Carers Rights Day theme is `Know your rights' and we have lots of information about your rights as a...
Maggie fundraises for carers
Maggie, the wonder Schnoodle pup, recently completed her first ever run of 3K at Halloween dressed in a Halloween pumpkin outfit! So far Maggie has raised over £250 for local East Sussex carers....
Carers’ views on East Sussex home care
Are you an unpaid carer supporting someone who also has paid home care provided? Give your views for a chance to win our prize draw! Care for the Carers is seeking unpaid carers’ views about home...
Parent Carer wellbeing courses starting in November 2020
Care for the Carers and Coastal Wellbeing are providing a free 6-week online wellbeing course for Parent Carers in East Sussex, who are looking after a child or children under 18. The weekly course,...
Small grants available for carers services
East Sussex County Council with their strategic partner, Care for the Carers, is offering grants of up to £15,000 (fifteen thousand pounds) per annum to organisations, groups or individuals who can...
Teen Talk Counselling Service available for young carers in East Sussex
The counsellor didn`t judge me or what I say, it was so helpful.Please note that the Teen Talk service is no longer available from July 2021. Growing up can be difficult, and caring for someone can...
Join the incontinence conversation for carers
Are you a carer looking after someone with continence problems? Does the person you care for get any advice or equipment to manage this? In what ways do these challenges affect your daily lives?...
Seaside Medical Centre Achieve Carer Friendly Award
Care for the Carers, the Carers Centre for East Sussex, have awarded ‘carer friendly’ status to the Seaside Medical Centre. Unpaid carers look after a relative, friend or neighbour who couldn’t...
Carers Voices Conference 2020 – carers’ views
We were pleased to hold the Annual Voices Carers Conference online during July. Read more about carers’ views and feedback on the hot topics affecting carers.
Parent Carer wellbeing courses available in September 2020
Care for the Carers and Coastal Wellbeing are providing a free 6-week online wellbeing course for Parent Carers in East Sussex, who are looking after a child or children under 18. The weekly course,...
Soroptimists walk 500 miles for carers in East Sussex
The Eastbourne and District club of Soroptimist International has pledged to collectively walk 500 miles between 1st and 30th September 2020 to raise funds for Care for the Carers. Club members will...
Keeping safe from coronavirus – a job for East Sussex together
A message from Darrell Gale, Director of Public Health for East Sussex It’s my job to try and ensure as few of us as possible in East Sussex get infected with Covid-19 – but I need your help. The...
Young Adult Carers share their thoughts on BBC News South East
Two young adult carers shared their experiences with BBC South East News on 28th July 2020. Seer and Charlotte talked about the challenges they have faced during lockdown and the pandemic and how it...
Virtual fundraising tips
This is a difficult time for fundraising, and for fundraisers- how can you raise money if we can’t meet up together? Well here I provide my top tips for fundraising during coronavirus, with some...
Care for the Carers’ fundraising manager gains national recognition
Care for the Carers' fundraising manager, Amy Hope, has been selected for Fundraising Magazine's 25 Under 35 List, achieving national recognition for her fundraising work. The List aims to shine a...
Give your views on care homes during the pandemic
Does your friend or relative live in a care home? We are delighted to launch a partnership project between Healthwatch East Sussex and Care for the Carers, inviting relatives and friends of care...
Join our Carers Voices Conference in July
Our annual Carers Voices Conference is taking placing now and throughout July. The focus this year is `Healthy Caring, Healthy You.' Giving carers the opportunity to have their say, at a time when...
Carers Week and Making Caring Visible
Our CEO, Jennifer Twist, takes a look back at Carers Week this year. June is a special and busy month for carers’ organisations, as we campaign together to recognise all that unpaid carers do for...
Free online creative writing and reflection course for carers
Discover the power and courage of your own voice with a free, online creative writing and reflection course for carers with Care for the Carers and poet Evlynn Sharp. Carers are invited to...
Carers Week 8th – 14th June 2020, Making Caring Visible
The week celebrates and recognises the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.6 million unpaid carers – over 68,000 in East Sussex - and the people who look after a relative, friend or neighbour who...
Free Photography Course for Carers
We’re inviting carers to take part in our exciting Photographer in Residence project. You will be able to explore your caring role and share your experiences of caring through a camera lens....
Carers speak about their challenges during coronavirus
Carers in East Sussex share their thoughts and experiences during coronavirus lockdown.