James Townsend

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It's #CarersRightsDay. We've teamed up with @CarersTrust on a report, "Pushed From Pillar to Post," highlighting the realities carers have accessing our rights. It includes powerful quotes and crowd-sourced recommendations.  Read it here bit.ly/CarersRightsRe…

Thanks @UKTNofficial for the chance to talk about some of the things that help @MobiliseCare tackle our ‘unsexy problem that really matters’ uktech.news/news/founder-i…

There were an estimated 1.4m sandwich carers in the UK, 2021 to 2023 caring for sick, disabled, or older adult relatives and dependent children. Of these: • 61% were female • 51% were aged 45 to 64 years • 26% provided care for 20+ hours a week ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

A few early thoughts on #Budget24 and #socialcare. 1. The headline figure of £600m extra (for children's and adults) is less than the £1.1bn the Chancellor saved by scrapping social care reform shortly after coming to power.

@CarerJim @JoshHalliday @RachelReevesMP @CarersUK @HolzhausenEmily @EdwardJDavey Nothing there that I’ve seen, which means I’m assuming not (otherwise it would have been in bright lights) - will let you know if I hear anything!

Some key developments from @RachelReevesMP on Carers Allowance. Kudos to @CarersUK, @HolzhausenEmily, @JoshHalliday and @EdwardJDavey for their campaigning on this key issue. 🧵

@emilykenway @RachelReevesMP @CarersUK @HolzhausenEmily @JoshHalliday @EdwardJDavey We should do a podcast about this!

@emilykenway @RachelReevesMP @CarersUK @HolzhausenEmily @JoshHalliday @EdwardJDavey I don’t honestly know the numbers involved, but I’m always struck by how many carers in our community find work a really important way to feel in control of life when so much else is out of control

@emilykenway @RachelReevesMP @CarersUK @HolzhausenEmily @JoshHalliday @EdwardJDavey Tbf, I didn’t use the word ‘success’. Lots more to be doing, BUT if this reduces the number of people having to artificially cap their earnings then it is a good thing

This is a well researched and refreshingly balanced article on resilience in the context of unpaid carers. Well worth a read, particularly if you are a resilience-critic @SBourneCoach @MobiliseCare linkedin.com/pulse/stop-tel…

Looking forward to today’s consultation on the National Care Service - thanks to @scotgov for the invite and @gsc1 for hosting

Oh wow, wow, wow. Now *this* is how to shift public attitudes to dementia. Congrats @NHSScotland 👏👏youtube.com/watch?v=82cLVZ…

White paper proposes solutions to fix social care healthinvestor.co.uk/white-paper-pr… @BirdieCare @Max_Parmentier @rachaelacrook @homeinstead @MartinHI_UK @NHSEngland @CareQualityComm @AbbotsCareLtd @camilleleavold @RightatHomeUK @LucyGCampbell @MobiliseCare @Jimmytee @LogmyCare

Some excellent advice for #UnpaidCarers struggling with suicidal thoughts, from @MobiliseCare. mobiliseonline.co.uk/overlooked-ris… #SuicidePrevention

A new government tackling growing and changing care needs needs new ideas. Almost 1 million more of us will be caring by 2035, 400k for 10+ hours a week. Today we set out the scale of the challenge and the first step to tackle it (1/ independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Very interesting to touch base with @MobiliseCare who work with @gateshead council to provide online support for caregivers in the area. Caregivers are unsung heroes at the heart of our communities. Really hope that this is a useful tool. support.mobiliseonline.co.uk/gateshead

@MobiliseCare provides a digital platform to support unpaid carers. It's reached agreement with @NEADASS for the largest roll out so far among 13 councils in North East England ukauthority.com/articles/north… #localgov #socialcare

VERY excited to be extending @MobiliseCare’s support for #carers to 3m+ people across the North East and North Cumbria. We’re working alongside some fab carers centres to boost capacity for carer support across the region. youtu.be/NHsm_nbMS2A?si…

Caring for others is probably the highest expression of humanity but it can come at considerable cost to the carer & families Carers need more than just warm words, they need real and substantive support. This #CarersWeek2024 let’s all do our bit to put #carers on the map.