Carers Can Have Their Say at Maidenhead Conference
Maidenhead Carers from around the Royal Borough will have the chance to voice their concerns and explain what support they need at a special conference to be held next month.
There are 11,000 carers in the Maidenhead borough helping relatives or friends who cannot manage by themselves because of illness or disability, looking after dependent elderly parents or raising disabled children. Carers can be any age – some are schoolchildren who go home to look after an ailing parent or a brother or sister with special needs.
As well as the carers themselves, voluntary agencies and professionals are invited to the Carers Conference to be held on Tuesday October 3 at WAMDSAD, Braywick Road, Maidenhead from 10am – 3pm.
Cllr Pam Proctor, lead member for Maidenhead social services, said: "The many carers within the borough are making a real difference to the lives of those they care for and they deserve our full support in what they do.
"All community partners within the borough are committed to improving the quality of life for carers and helping them undertake the normal things in life that too often we take for granted.
"The conference has been designed to co-ordinate and build on current service provision by health, social services, voluntary agencies and community groups."
The conference will consider the latest legislation on carers' equal opportunities and the impact this will have on employment, leisure, education, training, finance and health. It will also give participants the opportunity to have their say and influence the updating of the Joint Carers Strategy, which is designed to improve the lives of carers by strengthening support for carers, increasing access to benefits and information, developing support from GP services and ensuring carers and professionals have a say in how services are going to be developed.
The Maidenhead conference is free and refreshments will be provided.
To reserve a place contact Michaela Helman or Louise Gray on 01628 798888 or at michaela.helman@rbwm.gov.uk
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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