With the snap General Election approaching, unpaid carers are being given the opportunity to hear from and question the Welwyn Hatfield candidates at a hustings event we have organised.

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund we are to set up a group for male carers and are planning to have the group in the Hemel Hempstead area. We are inviting male carers to an event to learn more and discuss what they would want from a group.

Carers UK, one of the national carers’ charities, has published a manifesto for carers calling on all political parties to commit to improving the lives of the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers. We are also identifying carers’ questions and priorities to put to Hertfordshire’s parliamentary candidates.

When you shop at Co-op food stores we could be receiving free donations to use for our work providing information and support to unpaid carers.

Hertfordshire County Council is calling on the county’s residents to have their say on how the money from their council tax is spent by completing a survey by 15th December 2019.

This year’s Carers Rights Day takes place on Thursday 21st November 2019 and the theme is ‘Helping carers find their way’. We are holding two events on the day for carers to find out about their rights and local health and community services available to support them.