WELCOME COME T TO YOU OUR CH R CHARI RITY
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Linda Eades Head of Caring and Health Services
Our Vision… Is a lifelong community of people offering effective support for each other when life takes a turn for the worse.
We offer… A range of services and support online and offline, both from ourselves and in partnership with a range of other specialist organisations.
Key facts All serving, former or retired civil servants (and their dependants) can seek the Charity’s help at any time There is no need to donate to be eligible for our help, (but it’s great if you do and there are many ways you can) We are NOT a membership organisation
Supporting Carers in the Workplace Linda Eades, The Charity for Civil Servants Madeleine Starr, Director of Business Development and Innovation, Carers UK Katherine Wilson, Head of Employment, Carers UK
Every day 6,000 people become carers Carers look after loved ones who are older , disabled or seriously ill . Caring can affect anyone , at any age , at any time and can last a lifetime. Carers UK aims to make sure no one has to care alone.
How is caring different? • Different milestones from day to day parenting – Caring has changing or unpredictable support needs – It includes potentially distressing events, such as hospital admission, end of life care and bereavement • Crisis or cumulative – It can happen overnight or creep up gradually • Hard to talk about at work or with friends – It may be hard to cope with emotionally
5047 survey respondents over 10 days in early April Report released 23 April 2020 • Carers are providing more care • Carers are spending more money • Carers are worried about the future
Employers for Carers: Carers UK’s business forum • Supports employers to develop Informed by Business carer friendly workplaces Supported by the • Promotes the business benefits specialist knowledge of Carers UK of supporting carers • Influences employment Over 170 members representing 2m policy and practice employees
Civil Service EfC Members • • British Geological Survey Department for Work and Pensions • • Cabinet Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office • • Charity Commission Government Legal Department • • Companies House HM Revenue and Customs • • Crown Prosecution Service Home Office • • Department for Business, Energy Ministry of Defence • and Industrial Strategy Ministry of Housing, Communities • Department for Education and Local Government • • Department for Environment, Food Ministry of Justice • and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland Office • • Department for International Public Health England • Development The Charity for Civil Servants • Department for Transport
EfC member benefits • Access to EfC Digital • Annual in-house ‘lunch and learn’ or diagnostic sessions • Regular networking events • Tailored promotional materials and support from the EfC team employersforcarers.org
EfC member benefits • E-bulletin, news updates and opportunity to be at the forefront of new research • Discounted entry to EfC’s Carer Confident benchmark • Membership Plus package: Digital Resource for Carers employersforcarers.org
carerconfident.org carer.confident@carersuk.org
www.carersuk.org
Contact: www.employersforcarers.org client.services@carersuk.org www.carersuk.org info@carersuk.org
people came to us for In 2019… help nearly 80,000 times £2 million was 1,000 Carers’ 569 referrals given out to Passports and were made for support people Statements wellbeing in need were issued assistance
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Find out more at… foryoubyyou.org.uk 0800 056 2424 help@foryoubyyou.org.uk /foryoubyyou @foryoubyyou Foryoubyyoucharity foryoubyyoucharity
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