Shortly after the start of the pandemic ZOOM-projects were started in order to reach two groups of people. People with dementia and their care giving relatives. Both groups were particularly affected by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions, they had…
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) would like to hear about your experiences regarding the challenges that you faced in your day-to-day work during 2020 (“civic space”). If you are a civil society organisation working in an EU…
Each year since 2012, our member Carers Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government and in partnership with the national carer organisations, organise an annual Carers Parliament for carers from all across Scotland. The first ever virtual Carers Parliament took…
The National Board of Health and Welfare Sweden (NBHWS) was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs to lay the foundation for a National Carers Strategy. The newly published report focuses, in the first instance, on informal carers…
Our member Carers UK calls on employers to actively support carers ahead of November lockdown in England Employers with established policies in place to support staff with caring responsibilities have been better able to meet the changing needs of their…
Recently recognized by a legal statute that still doesn't acknowledge the struggle, challenges or difficulties they have to deal with, informal carers remain an invisible part of the caring process in Portugal. That’s why with the support of Merck Portugal…
The Multiplier Event of COSMIC Erasmus+ KA2 Project - https://cosmicproject.eu/ - dedicated to the Intercultural dimension of the care relationship, as the project is focused on carers of migrant origin. The organizers were C'entro and Anziani e non solo. Besides the presentation…
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has released a report, Social Care: Funding and Workforce, which calls for an immediate increase in investment to avoid the risk of market collapse. The Committee has called for a £7bn…
Our member Carers UK invites you to campaign with them for more support for unpaid carers. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of carers have had to provide more care. It has left many exhausted and close to burning out.…
Anhörigriksdagen is the largest meeting forum for informal carers in the Nordic countries and it has been arranged for over 20 years. This year's theme of the two day conference is Carers - at the end of life. More and more people are…
