The Board of Trustees of Southwark Carers would like to send their heartfelt wishes and thanks to all carers in Southwark and beyond.
Once seen as a personal and private matter in family/community life, unpaid caring has become one of the most important social and economic policy issues in this country, and indeed globally. Without unpaid carers health and social care systems, around the world, would collapse.
Three out of five people in the UK will become carers at some point in their lives and may not even be recognised as such. Although caring can be rewarding, it can, as we all know, impact on many areas of our lives - physical, social, emotional, economic, and so, it is vital that carers receive external support.
The contribution we make not only to our cared for person/s but to the NHS, social care and to the whole country is valuable. Carers save the economy £132 billion every year. This equates to a saving to the national economy of £19,336 per carer.
There are an estimated 26,000 carers in Southwark, carers save the local economy £502,736,000 per annum. Please know that the staff team and the Board at Southwark Carers invite and welcome any new carers, particularly those who may be struggling on their own, to get in touch and register with us. So those of you reading this message who might know of any hidden or invisible carers, please encourage them to make contact. We trust you will take part in and enjoy the activities offered at Southwark Carers throughout the year.
With all good wishes,
Mary Jacob
Board of Trustees, Southwark Carers
June 2020
Enabling, empowering and
enriching the lives of carers
enabling
The enabling service is a flexible, individual, personalised service offering support on a one-to-one basis, aiming to provide Carers with more choice and control over the support they need and enabling them to tackle the issues that cause them the greatest stress in their caring role.
The empowering service will endeavour to provide you with information and knowledge of your rights so that you are able to ensure that you are receiving everything that you are entitled to.
Southwark Carers try to make it easier for Carers to have a life outside of caring, this may be by making sure they can take part in leisure activities or by helping them return to training, education or work.