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Independent Complaints Advocacy Event - Tuesday 13th April

Gillian Rutter a Senior Advocate from the North East NHS Independent Complaints Advocacy service will be talking to us about how her team can help if you feel that you have not had the service you expect from the NHS and want to complain. This might include something that happened during care or treatment at the hospital, your GP, the dentist, pharmacy or optician.

To find out more, please call our team on 01642 488977 to reserve your place. ... See more

We hope you have had a good weekend and managed to find a little 'me-time'. If you would like to join us this morning, we're holding our online coffee morning for Carers and the people they care at 11.00 a.m.. If you don't yet have the sign-in details, please call our office on 01642 488977 and we'll send those over to you.

For more information on our upcoming face to face and online events please visit our website http://ow.ly/PhZE50EhlbG. ... See more

The Children's Autism Pathway in South Tees is soon to be replaced.

This new service - called 'The Neurodevelopmental Pathway' - will be for children and young people aged 5-18 years old and will cover autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group are leading on this work, but we were asked to engage with parents and carers to find out their views, so family experiences can directly influence the new pathway.

This information has been detailed in our latest report. Please visit our website to download the document.

https://bit.ly/39xs08U ... See more

Our offices are now closed for the Easter weekend but we will be back at 9 on Tuesday morning to help you in your unpaid caring role. While we're away, you can send us a message through our website (https://carerstogether.co.uk/contact/) and we will reply on our return. ... See more

Shielding advice for people who are clinically extremely vulnerable ends today. See latest govt advice 👉 https://bit.ly/3ad3Pef

Or click Healthwatch England link ⬇️ to find out what it means for you, the support available and useful links to help you stay well https://bit.ly/3udFeiO ... See more

Thank you Tees Valley Together! We will be sharing your generous gift with the wonderful Carers we work with.

Another batch of eggs gone! 🐣
We're thrilled to have been able to give these to Carers Together who do amazing work in supporting young carers across the region 💖

Welcome to April! This month, the Action for Happiness calendar focuses on being active and taking care of ourselves. There are lots of ideas on how we can become more active in and outside of the home with exercise, laughter and singing on the agenda. ... See more

You can now order coronavirus (COVID-19) kits to test your household, childcare bubble or support bubble if at least one member is a school, nursery or college pupil or works in a school, nursery or college (including temporary workers or volunteers). The test kits can be sent to your home address or be collected from a local centre. https://gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests ... See more

How parents with children returning to schools or colleges, and school or college staff, can order coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid lateral flow home test kits.

As a member of Employers for Carers, we recognise that Working Carers can feel at a disadvantage in the workplace. We want to ensure that our team feel fully supported in balancing their responsibilities at home and work and we are working towards the Carer Confident accreditation.

We are therefore fully supportive of Carers UK’s campaign calling on the government to make unpaid caring the 10th protected characteristic in the Equality Act. This would make it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of their unpaid caring responsibilities.

You can find out more about their campaign at: http://ow.ly/UPlJ50EbWU8

For more information on our commitment to Employers for Carers please visit https://carerstogether.co.uk/2021/01/07/news-item-3-2-3-4-2-2/. ... See more

Carers UK will bring together key speakers and sector leaders who will outline their vision of the new landscape for health and care

Next month, the Forum are offering free training to parent carers on the topic of challenging behaviour and achieving better outcomes.

No formal diagnosis required, just a need to learn about this topic!

Our trainer is Tony Macdonald, who draws his experience from working within both medical and educational settings, such as CAMHS and PRUs (Pupil Referral Units).

More info on how to register is on the flyer below. ... See more