'Unpaid Carers: Will the next government acknowledge their value?'

Dr Maxine Watkins comments on the invaluable contribution #unpaidcarers make to society and how crucial it is that their needs are prioritised in policymaking & resource allocation:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

Lots of recent stories about Carer's Allowance overpayments. If you live in Northern Ireland and have been asked to pay back money after inadvertently falling foul of the Carer's Allowance earnings rules, we want to hear from you. Contact [email protected]/society/2024/a…

Our next online event is on 14th May!
We are pleased to welcome Sophie Rutter from Information School to present a seminar on community care workers' access to hygiene facilities, register your place here:
centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/0…

It's so good to have this out (and to work on it with the fantastic Obert Tawodzera). Over 2,000 people across the UK took part, many of whom were people drawing on care and support, carers and front-line staff. It made a massive difference to IMPACT's design - thank you!

'Something has gone very wrong here': Labour leader Keir Starmer weighs in on the carer's allowance repayment scandal theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

CHASM is delighted to welcome three keynote speakers to our Annual Conference on 27 June 2024.

Professor Debora Price Debora Price, Faith Reynolds Faith Reynolds and Dr Jonquil Lowe Jonquil Lowe will speak in our morning session.

birmingham.ac.uk/research/chasm…

'Alison McGovern says UK would ‘grind to a halt’ without unpaid carers and confirms party will review system if it wins power'
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Dr Maria Teresa Ferazzoli Dr MariaTeresa Ferazzoli one of the IMPACT project Officers, is speaking at an IFIC Updates webinar on integrated care in remote, rural and island settings
🗓️26th April
🕓4-5:30pm

Register here & please share: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

As part of our 'Transitions that Matter' commentary series, Prof Catherine Needham and members of the Centre for Care Voice Forum and the University of Birmingham Lived Experience Panel explore why so few people continue to transition to direct payments:

centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

Exciting news! Our article, co-authored with Jon Glasby , detailing insights from our survey shaping IMPACT's design, is now published in the Care & Caring Jnl ! It's open access, so dive in and discover the foundation of our work! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/…

'It’s beyond high time for reform. It’s a public outrage deserving immediate attention. Government and Opposition parties must all now commit to ending this scandal and to giving carers the fair deal they so richly deserve.'

There's still time to register for our online Expert-led Technology and Care session, tomorrow with Obert Tawodzera, follow this link and please share with your networks:
centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/0…

On 8th May 2024 Kate A. Hamblin Diane Burns and Cate Goodlad are speaking at the Home Care Research Forum, presenting 'Technology and care in the UK: Policy, storylines and practice'

More info & sign up here:
t.ly/kaHrL
NIHR Research King's College London

My The Guardian story: Tens of thousands of unpaid carers looking after disabled, frail or ill relatives forced to repay huge sums to DWP or face criminal prosecution over 'honest mistake' breaches of carers allowance rules theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

🚨NEW: Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith urges ministers to pause fines of unpaid carers

Big intervention after The Guardian ⁦Patrick Butler⁩ series this week. Story with ⁦Eleni Courea⁩ 👇 theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

🚨Latest in the care scandal: the carer forced to repay £6,000 - plunging her into debt - for working three supermarket shifts while caring for partner dying from throat cancer theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

'Sara once thought the welfare state was on the side of people like her... She now knows it is a cruel welfare state, that punishes those it could support': very good piece by Professor Sue Yeandle on the carer's allowance repayment scandal centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

'Just like the Post Office scandal, it turns out it’s a situation ministers and officials have failed to address for years, despite the misery, hardship and prosecutions they know have been inflicted on many really good and caring people'.

'Carer’s allowance: let’s end this scandal now!'

Prof. Sue Yeandle comments on the recent The Guardian articles on #CarersAllowance , providing context and highlighting the need for much overdue reform.

Read the piece here:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…
#UnpaidCarers #socialcare
Economic and Social Research Council

'No time for that! Practicing relational care in the UK homecare sector'

In this new commentary, Nick writes about his current research and the obstacle of time to practicing relational care in the context of homecare:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…
#socialcare #homecare