Hertfordshire County Council has shared some answers to frequently asked questions on Direct Payments.
A Hertfordshire carer is urging people to sign her petition calling to the Government to require builders and developers to include a quota of wheelchair accessible homes in their developments.
A £500 donation from the Tesco Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund has been helping us connect with unpaid carers, particularly those over 70 or vulnerable, over phone and video during the COVID-19 lockdown.
We have now made resources from our Carers Week sessions with Adult Care Services available online.
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.
