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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
Our
all-new information leaflet ‘What’s
On’ has details of all
the groups, courses and therapy sessions being
run by Carers Link during the next few
months, and some details about other relevant local and national
activities are
also included.
We hope to produce What’s
On 5 times during the year to
keep you posted with the most up-to-date
information.
You can download here the What's On
for April, May, June 2009. If you would like a paper copy of
What’s On then please email us
at enquiry@carerslink.org.uk
or
Freephone 0800 975 2131.
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Latest Members Newsletter |
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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
autumn newsletter
Welcome to the latest
edition of our Members
Newsletter!
This is the latest edition of our newsletter for members. The good news, however,
is Membership
is completely FREE
and requires only a short
form to be completed providing
your contact details
and signature. If you would prefer a form to be sent to you,
please call 0141 955 2131 or e-mail
and leave a note of your address.
We
will however, post our
newsletter on our website.
It may not be as easy
to
read but at least
you will still be able to keep caught up with the ever-developing world
of
Carers
Link!
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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Monday, 06 April 2009 |
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Our 4th AGM was held in Milngavie
Enterprise
Centre on Friday 14th November, and Chairperson Mike Molyneux was
very pleased to welcome the many members and guests who came along on
the day.
He opened proceedings by recalling the challenges faced by Carers Link
over the
past year, and in particular the relief felt when East Dunbartonshire
Council
stepped in at the eleventh hour to fund the continuation of the
(Volunteer)
Peer Support Co-ordinator post and
associated costs. Mike also thanked our Funders for their ongoing
support for
Carers Link and the services we support.
Chief Executive Jennifer Roe presented the Annual
Report –
produced in green this year, a “healthy” colour, to
reflect the report’s
emphasis on the impact of caring on the overall health and wellbeing of
Carers,
and the support which Carers Link endeavours to provide. This
year’s report
contains the moving stories of three of our Carers and Jennifer thanked
them very much
for allowing us to include these.
In this year’s Annual Report we
have highlighted the
evidence that 95% of Scottish Carers say that they regularly hide the
fact that
their health is suffering in order to be able to continue with their
caring
responsibilities, and nearly 1 in 4 say that they often feel unable to
cope
with their day to day caring role due to the physical and emotional
stress that
they are under.
Carers Link is dedicated to helping Carers
in East
Dunbartonshire to have the best possible quality of life. Since we
began four
years ago we have worked with nearly 700 Carers, and in the last year
the
number of NEW Carers supported by Carers Link has increased by 44% (209
Carers
previously unknown to Carers Link). Jennifer explained that new funding
from
the Community Health Partnership will allow Carers Link to develop
training for
Carers over the next few months, as well as helping them to access
other
external training such as ‘Moving and Handling’
courses, and she welcomed our
two new workers, Jon and Norman, who will take this forward.
Our new “Looking
After Yourself” leaflet for
Carers was also launched at the AGM and is
designed not to be a magic wand, but
to let Carers know that it is okay to say what they feel, to ask for
help and
to remember that their health and wellbeing are vitally important.
Jennifer
emphasised that one of the main challenges for the future will be
Respite, and
how to take forward this area of support for Carers in order to help
them to
get the break that they often desperately need. This is a huge task,
but the
Respite consultation now ongoing throughout East Dunbartonshire is a
definite
step in the right direction, and we look forward to seeing developments
in this
and in many other areas of our work in the next year.
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