We have now made resources from our Carers Week sessions with Adult Care Services available online.

As society emerges from the COVID-19 lockdown, community venues allowed to re-open, and the rules around social gatherings and social distancing are being relaxed we wanted update you about our face to face activities such as support groups and workshops.

We have joined the 91 other organisations that have sent a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, The Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, to call on the Government to raise Carer’s Allowance. This is part of Carer’s UK’s #FairerForCarers campaign.

Although most people are now required to wear face coverings on public transport, not everyone has to – including those with learning disabilities, autism or those who communicate by lip reading.

During Carers Week (8th – 14th June 2020) we helped in Making Caring Visible – the theme of the week – by connecting unpaid carers to representatives from health and social care services in Hertfordshire so they could express their concerns and have their queries answered. We also held activities online to give them a break from caring or chat with other carers and shared information to assist them in their caring role.

Hertfordshire Constabulary is warning residents to be aware that scammers are posing as NHS Test and Trace contact workers.