Do you care for a relative or friend in Bristol? If so, you are warmly invited to our next get-together for carers!
Status: Bookings are now live!
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Survey for Parent Carers in Bristol
This survey aims to collect the views of parent carers whose children have special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND) and attend a for profit/private or independent school.
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire CCG Mental Health Conversations Event: 13th December
The next Mental Health Conversations event will focus on developing a mental health strategy for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Have your say – changes to community services
Community health services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) are currently being reviewed, before they are put out to tender next year.
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Bristol Council Tax Consultation
The “Balancing Bristol’s Budget 2019-20” consultation was launched today. The consultation aims to gather views on options for the level of Council Tax from April 2019. The consultation is open until midnight on Monday 17 December.
Bristol carers’ experiences of accessing GP services sought by Healthwatch Bristol
The Healthwatch Bristol survey will be open for 6 months with plans to speak to members of the public at selection of practices across the city. Healthwatch will analyse the results once the survey closes and present their findings in a report.
Carers Rights Day 2018 – November 30
All Bristol and South Gloucestershire carers are warmly invited to our next annual Carers Rights Day event!
Current status: Bookings are now closed. Waiting list is now in effect.
Help Plan Community Services
Community health services provide care in or close to people’s homes to help them feel supported, avoid having to go to hospital or help them when they come out of hospital.
Consultation: Bristol Transport Strategy
We all need to get from A to B. Transport plays a big part of all of our daily lives. The draft Bristol Transport Strategy sets out Bristol City Council’s vision and ambition for transport up to 2036.
Come and meet Thangam Debbonaire MP – Friday 16 November
Do you care for a friend, relative, family member or neighbour with an illness or disability? Do you live in Bristol West?*
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Older Men at the Margins Project
The ‘Older Men at the Margins Project’ is a 2-year Bristol University research project in collaboration with Age UK. The project seeks to identify ways of alleviating loneliness and reducing isolation for older men (65+) across marginalised groups including older men who are carers for significant others. The overarching aim is to develop an in-depth understanding of the ways in which marginalised groups of older men seek to maintain social engagement and social participation in later life and to learn more about their participation in groups and community networks. The project is based at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.
Come and meet Thangam Debbonaire MP
Surgery for Carers – Friday 16 November
Do you care for a friend, relative, family member or neighbour with an illness or disability?
Consultation: Advocacy and Healthwatch recommissioning (Bristol)
UPDATE 25/09/18: This important consultation was the main topic for the Bristol carers open meeting on 19 September.
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Bristol Carers Open Meeting – September 19
Do you care for a relative or friend in Bristol? If so, you are warmly invited to our next get-together for carers!
Status: Event has ended.
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Bristol Assistive Technology Service
Bristol City Council are providing a new service called the Assistive Technology Service to support people with a learning disability and/or autism to live more independently with the help of assistive technology (AT). To deliver this the council will be working in partnership with WE care and Repair and Hft.
Further Consultation on Talking Therapies Services
Earlier in the year, we were contacted by Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) about their consultation on Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).
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‘Tea & Tinkering’ bike club
The Bristol Bike Project has a social programme called ‘Tea & Tinkering’, a weekly workshop for adults experiencing social isolation. Watch a short film about ‘Tea & Tinkering’.
Age Friendly Check In: Have Your Say
Give Bristol Ageing Better your views on the Age Friendly Action Plan.
New Government Carers Action Plan published
On Tuesday 5th June the government published its long-awaited Carers Action Plan setting out how to support carers over the next two years (2018-2020).
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Telephone Counselling Service for over 50s
Last year we ran a successful telephone counselling pilot through funding from Bristol Ageing Better. We were able to support 38 carers with up to 6 weekly sessions of counselling by telephone. 79% of those carers reported an improvement in at least one aspect of social isolation, loneliness and their wellbeing as a result.
After making a successful partnership bid, with Oasis Talk, we are now excited to be able to restart our telephone counselling service and offer carers the opportunity to access counselling by telephone for 6 weekly sessions.
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