Young Carers in Schools Award Ceremony Young Carers Bucks Was Delighted to Host the Annual ‘Young Carers in Schools Awards’ Ceremony on the 25Th January 2018
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CarersNews The newsletter of Spring/Summer 2018 Young Carers in Schools Award Ceremony Young Carers Bucks was delighted to host the annual ‘Young Carers in Schools Awards’ ceremony on the 25th January 2018. 14 04 05 13 Supporting carers in Investors in Carers Thank you Bucks Dedicated to supporting carers the hospital setting GP Standard Awards Freemasons! www.carersbucks.org Meet the Foreword by the management team Chief Executive Stephen Archibald Chief Executive Kirstie O’Sullivan Welcome to the Spring/Summer donations over the past few months. Operations Manager issue of the Carers News. In this This helps us to pay for the Finance, fundraising issue you will find lots of useful invaluable work Carers Bucks does and communications information including our new to support unpaid carers locally support groups, workshops and and allows us to provide services Ann Whiteley training diary. You will also find useful in addition to those which are paid Service Manager information and advice on hydration for by the contracts we have with and urinary tract infections as well as Buckinghamshire County Council, Adult carers, hospital infection detection. the NHS and other funding bodies. and GP support I am delighted to announce that Save the date! We are holding our Poplar Grove Practice, Haddenham AGM on Friday 11th May from Sally Mansi Medical Centre and John Hampden 10am – 1pm at The Gateway in Service Manager Practice are the first three GP Aylesbury. All carers are welcome to Young carers and practices in Bucks to receive the attend – please make sure you call young adult carers ‘Investors in Carers GP Standard us to book your place. Award’ in recognition of the extra Finally, I would just like to add my support they offer to unpaid carers personal thank you to Sally Mansi registered within the practices. for all the wonderful work she has In honour of ‘Young Carers Awareness done for young carers in Bucks and Day’ in January, we held our annual Milton Keynes over the years. She ‘Young Carers in Schools Awards’ has been a great support to me ceremony and presented seven during that time too and I know I secondary schools with gold awards. speak for everyone when I say that They have shown commitment in she will be greatly missed. supporting and identifying young carers within their schools by raising awareness and running young carers’ Stephen Archibald support groups. Chief Executive Carers Bucks As ever we are very grateful to and Carers MK those who have given us generous [email protected] Contents 03-04 10 News from Carers Bucks Infection detection Carers Bucks 04-05 11 Ardenham Court Hospital support Education, health & care plans Oxford Road & GP support 12 Aylesbury 06-07 HP19 8HT Fundraising thank you wall Hydration & urinary T: 0300 777 2722 tract infections 13 Young Adult Carers news E: [email protected] 08-09 Reg Charity No. 1106745 Support group diary & Bucks 14-15 Company Registration No. 4941481 Adult Learning courses Young Carers Bucks news 02 CarersNews – Spring/Summer 2018 My name is News from CarersBucks Rachel and I have just My name is Jayne and I have recently joined Carers Bucks as started a parent carer support worker. working for Young My background is in range of issues affecting Carers Bucks. education, working in the parent carers, support field of special needs during meetings, benefit I have worked with families and young and my role here is advice including people for the past 14 years, in schools to help and support and as a family support worker. At parent carers across DLA and CA (Disability Young Carers Bucks we offer one to the county. Living Allowance and Carers Allowance) as one support, group work and targeted I have recent working well as guidance when activities. We also offer families information and advice, sometimes knowledge of the issues dealing with the local affecting parent carers through signposting to other services authority on important and the concerns that can available in the surrounding areas arise when working with their educational matters. around Buckinghamshire. children’s schools to ensure that I am available to speak to either by appropriate provision is in place. There are a range of activities organised phone on 0300 777 2722, email at through Young Carers, all giving a great I can offer emotional support and a [email protected] opportunity for young people to make listening ear, practical advice on a or here at the office at Carers Bucks. new friends and have fun! Carers Week 11th-17th June 2018 This year Carers Week is supporting Monday Wednesday carers to stay healthy and connected. The Haddenham support group will Stoke Mandeville Hospital – we will be having a Carers Week treat have an information stand and drop in Have a look at where we will be during this week and take the opportunity to Tuesday Evening Carers Group – join us for come along to meet other carers and ‘Mocktails and Nibbles’ in Aylesbury Open house in Aylesbury the team at Carers Bucks. from 6.30pm Friday Carers Event at King’s Church in Amersham, 11am-2pm We will be sharing more information and details about what is happening as we get nearer to Carers Week. Thank you to Sally Mansi Thank you so much to the amazing Sally Mansi who we are sad to see leaving us after so many years as our Young Carers Service Manager, overseeing all our young carers and young adult carers projects in Bucks and also at our sister charity Carers MK. Sally, you will be missed AGM by everyone and we wish you well for the future. CARERS BUCKS | 2018 Friday 11th May 2018 | 10am-1pm Carers Bucks AGM is being held on Friday 11th May 2018 at The Oculus (The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF) 10am-1pm. We welcome attendance from carers and professionals. Call us on 0300 777 2722 or email [email protected] to confirm your attendance. www.carersbucks.org 03 Would you like to be in with a chance of winning a night out at the theatre? Hospital support Occasionally we are ADMISSIONFREE offered tickets by FREE Aylesbury Waterside ADMISSION & GP support to pass onto local carers. If you would like to be on our email list for when these become available just let us know. We will select winners at random and anyone who has previously been lucky will be excluded until all those interested have enjoyed a night out! We would like to take this opportunity to thank Aylesbury Waterside for their support and for valuing the unpaid carers in their community. If you would like to be added to Supporting carers our list for the future please email us at [email protected] in the hospital setting (email requests only please). Carers Choir hits all Did you know you might find a identifying new carers and referring the right notes Carers Bucks staff member on them to the wider support offered the wards when you’re visiting or by Carers Bucks. We’d love more “Since the choir was set up early in admitted to hospital? volunteers to join the team. 2016 it has become an incredible part of my life. An ability to sing Ruth Marriott joined the team in Would you like to be a is given to everyone although January as our new Stoke Mandeville hospital volunteer? Hospital carers lounge coordinator. some are, naturally, better than If you can offer a couple of hours Her focus is to raise awareness of others, but the essence of the a week or more on a regular basis, Carers Bucks services among carers choir is more than that. It must be call 07496 724637 or email acknowledged that the benefits of and NHS staff in Stoke Mandeville Hospital and offer support and [email protected] singing for health are well known, for more information. helping with breathing and posture advice as needed. We have a and a general sense of wellbeing, dedicated carers’ lounge based on ward 9, 2nd floor, above the main Support given to carers at the but also connecting emotionally hospitals includes: with the lyrics. We sing a wide entrance. Why not call 07496 724637 • Information about care funding range of songs from old to new, (Mon – Wed) to arrange to meet her from musicals to rock and pop. if you would like advice or support • Information about hospital Our musical director, Megan, while you’re in the hospital. discharge is great fun with an infectious We also have another part-time • Carers Bucks counselling service enthusiasm that is truly inspiring. staff member, Jane Hansford, The camaraderie is very strong • Signposting to solicitor for advice working two days per week based in on Lasting Power of Attorney and extends beyond the choir Amersham and Wycombe hospitals. meetings. New members are • One to one emotional support always made particularly welcome These hospital workers seek to and it really doesn’t matter if you identify new carers in the hospital Find out more… think you can’t sing – you might setting and work closely with the Ruth Marriott be better than you thought and social care teams, offering carers Carers’ Lounge Coordinator there is really so much more than face to face emotional support, that to being part of a choir. Gareth information, advice and guidance. Stoke Mandeville Hospital Malone – eat your heart out!” T: 07496 724637 (Mon – Wed) Carers Bucks volunteers are hugely Carers’ Lounge: Ward 9, 2nd Floor valued on the wards too, and they find their role fulfilling and rewarding. Jane Hansford A Carers Bucks volunteer, Alicia Carers and Family Support Worker Farmer, currently visits Amersham Amersham and Wycombe Hospitals Hospital regularly on Mondays, T: 07415 128825 (Thurs – Fri) 04 CarersNews – Spring/Summer 2018 Working with GP practices Patient participation groups Carers Bucks’ work with GP provide an opportunity for carers practices continues in the form of to be added to the carers’ register PPGs are information sessions for carers, at their practice, meaning that generally carer awareness training for the practice is then aware of that made up practice staff, and supporting person’s caring responsibilities and of a group practices to work towards our the challenges that accompany of volunteer ‘Investors in Carers GP Standard that role.