Latest News and Events
Better Lives in our Communities Survey
Buckinghamshire Council want your views on proposed changes to their Adult Social Care day opportunities and overnight respite service, often referred to as ‘Short Breaks’. Their Better Lives Strategy sets out their overall vision and approach to supporting adults to live well and live better lives.
Buckinghamshire All-Age Carers Strategy 2025 to 2030 Survey
Buckinghamshire Council want to hear your views on their draft strategy to support unpaid carers in Buckinghamshire. Tell them if you think they have identified the right priorities or if there is anything else they should be focusing on.
Online Information Session on Carer’s Rights
Join us for our online information session on 26th November 2024, 7pm – 8pm for a talk on carer’s rights, such as carer’s leave, flexible working hours, carer’s assessments, Carer’s Allowance and anything else you would like to discuss. Please book your place if you would like to attend.
Carers Rights Day
Information Event
Join us at our Carers Rights Day information event on 21st November 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm at Prestwood Village Hall and find out how services and organisations in Buckinghamshire can support you. Plus, enjoy fun activities!
Pop-Up Information Stall
We will have a pop-up information stall at Buckingham Library on 20th November 2024, 2pm – 4.30pm.
Come along and find out how Carers Bucks can support you in your caring role.
Become A Trustee
Are you passionate about supporting unpaid carers in your community? We’re looking for new Trustees to join our board, ideally with personal care experience, to bring fresh perspectives and strengthen our commitment to inclusivity and diversity.
Team Member Spotlight: Lynette Emary
We spoke with Lynette, the Adult Carers Service Manager for Carers Bucks and our sister charity Carers MK, about what it’s been like to join our team and why she loves working with carers.
National Poetry Day 2024
To celebrate National Poetry Day on 3rd October 2024, we invited carers to enter our Poetry Competition. Carers had to write and submit an original poem with the theme of “What Does Caring Mean To You?”
Check out our our top three favourite entries.
New online support tool for unpaid carers
Bridgit Care have partnered with Carers Bucks to provide an online support tool for unpaid carers in Bucks. Get information to help in your caring role, health and wellbeing advice, signposting to other local services, WhatsApp coaching and more.
Carers Bucks Peer Support Facebook Group
Join our Carers Bucks Peer Support Facebook Group to chat with other carers, offer tips and ideas, share experiences about what has helped you in your caring role, or just simply say how you’re feeling. This closed private group is for carers aged 18+ who are registered with Carers Bucks. It will be monitored by Carers Bucks on weekdays 9am – 4.30pm.
Carer’s Leave Act
On 6th April 2024, the Carer’s Leave Act 2023 came into force, giving employees with unpaid caring roles the right to take up to five days of unpaid leave from work each year to fulfil their caring responsibilities.
Monthly Evening Online Support Group for Carers
If you’re a working carer, parent carer or have been unable to join our daytime support groups, we’re hoping our evening group will give you an opportunity to meet other carers.
Carers Bucks receives the Carers Trust Excellence for Carers Award
Carers Bucks is delighted to have achieved the Carers Trust Excellence for Carers Award.
Enter the Bucks Lottery
and support Carers Bucks!
Buy your tickets today for £1 each for chances at weekly cash prizes. 50% of each ticket sale helps us provide support to unpaid carers and young carers in Bucks.
Cost of living
support
With the cost of living rising, it’s important to know what support there is for carers. We have collated information and links to organisations that we hope you will find helpful.
Updating
Carer’s Data
Help us update our records so we have the right information about you on our database.
Contingency Plan – Buckinghamshire Council
Buckinghamshire Council have developed a contingency plan template to enable unpaid carers to keep a record of arrangements that are currently in place.
Are you caring for someone?
Do you look after someone who cannot manage without you because they are ill, frail or have a disability?
If so, you are a carer and Carers Bucks can help you.
