Do you care for someone with Parkinson’s?
Do you know what support is available from Parkinson’s UK for you and the person you care for? Parkinson’s UK has a Leeds Adviser who offers one to one support and can provide the following:
Invisible Women – Book Review
For International Women’s Day the co-leaders of Carers Leeds Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Book Club have reviewed the book choice of this quarter: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men -
Let’s Get Digital!
Happy New Year everybody! We hope you all had a wonderful and safe Christmas period and have settled into the new year well – who else is shocked that it’s already February?! If you’ve
Seasons Greetings from Carers Leeds Dementia Hub
Here we are again, who can believe it has been a whole year?!! As we prepare for the festive season we just wanted to share with you updates from our team and to once again
Carers – Your Rights at Work
What rights do I have at work? I’m looking after my mum/dad/special needs child, and it’s difficult to manage this together with my work. Is there anything I’m entitled to from my
Rights that carers may not know about.
'Other Rights' we have as carers that you may not know about A series of blog posts for Carers Rights Day - 25th November 2021 An Annual Flu Jab The flu vaccine or “jab”
Carers Assessments – Carers Rights Day
Carers Assessments A series of blog posts for Carers Rights Day - 25th November 2021 As the Carers Assessment liaison worker at Carers Leeds, it has been my role to spread the word about Carers
Alcohol Awareness Week
This week (15th – 21st November) is Alcohol Awareness Week, an annual campaign organised by Alcohol Change UK to highlight issues around alcohol and the negative impact it can have. Each year has a theme,
What research would help older people?
Would you like to complete a survey about what you think is important to older people? Researchers at the University of Leeds and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are working on a project
Involvement opportunity at Carers Trust
Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. They work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend
6 Smart Phone Tips for Carers
1: Put your contact details and emergency contact details on your lock screen. Given the amount of information we keep on our phones these days… the thought of losing it can cause a lot of
Claire Turner – Joining Carers Leeds at a time of resilience and recovery
It is hard to define this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some people talk of recovery or transition. Some talk about getting ‘back to normal.’ For others, this feels very far away. We are all