I’ve just had a quick flick through. Whoever wrote this needs further training, whoever proof read it needs shooting!
Look at the two charts, comparing males to females. The colours differ on the charts!!!
Now the government have finally said that there are more women than men as carers. Will this lead CUK to challenge some of the DWP rules on the grounds of Equality now??
An encyclopedia of a new discovered tribe … the DWP call carers , BB … I’m sure that it is easier
to read that way than imagining it descibes us , and our role in the great scheme of things ?
You never know … we might be granted citizenship one day … and have rights just like everyone else ?
Recent JUGGLING thread … Carers UK response to said committee … recent report … anything changed ?
One for you especially … 2004 members resolution on level of Carers Allowance … section in the Report … Fairer
for Carers debacle last year … seems CUK don’t read their own previous submissions ???
I like charts, BUT I can’t see the point of using dark green for men in one chart, then for women in the next chart. It would have been easier if they’d at least been consistent for both charts. Maybe Blue for Boys and Pink for Girls would have been easier still?
How many people even referred to the colour key in the second chart I wonder???
11 years on and … political correctness maybe … no more blue / pink maybe in case it upsets the third gender ?
There again , what was the chart creator smoking at the time ?
Like said report , so many questions … so few answers … and , even then , answers that make sense ?
We really do come across as a separate race inside society.
Said uniqueness strongly argued by CarerWatch at that time which , if accepted , would have led to the ultimate goal
of a Carers Charter , enshrined in law.
2019 … we haven’t a clue as to what’s really going on before we are presented with our fate … the Green Paper.
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Invitations have been sent out for " Observers " to attend a meeting of the All Party Carers Group where David Mowat mp , Minister for Community Health and Care , will present proposals for the forthcoming Government strategy for carers.
1pm - 2pm on the 15th March 2017
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CUK … March 2017 …A few members of our Policy and Public Affairs Team attended the APPG meeting on carers in Parliament yesterday. Minutes are currently been written up and I’ll post the key points here when they become available.
Green Paper Carers Strategy thread … we still await those " Key points " … albeit we have some from an independent source.
OUR future … nobody elses … don’t we have a right to know ???
How do we get a paper copy of this?
Once we get the answer, I suggest every single one of us asks for a copy!
I read what I thought was the document quickly, and then when I went back to it, realised it was just the start, there were a succession of arrows at the bottom saying “Next” I’d completely missed! I blame my cold, well that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.
Well it SHOULD be available printed, for any carer.
I have a high speed laser printer, and wear glasses. I printed off the first few pages, then realised that lots of it when printed is in a Font size of about 6. Far too small.
I especially wanted to see if Direct Payments were mentioned, went to the Index, the link isn’t working!!
So clearly they were hoping we wouldn’t be able to read or use it properly?!?!
Still in the embryo stage at that time … GREEN PAPER Carers Strategy thread contains a first hand account of discussions
with the DWP on the proposed rollout and a briefing paper from CarerWatch ( DPs given the treatment ) :
I went to a recent event in London, which was addressed by the latest CEO of Carers UK. Her focus was entirely on getting carers “back to work”. Cosying up to DWP.
I was infuriated beyond words. There are many of us unable to work at all. What about us? I may be over 65, so I get the pension. I don’t get ANYTHING for the caring I provide. Personally, I think carers over 65 should get CA and the pension as well. We may qualify for the “retirement” pension but are certainly not retired. I recently did a straight 168 hour week so my son could do something he wanted to do, that wasn’t possible with his “providers”.
What does she mean by that? I wonder how she is going to achieve that. I agree with her but she needs to be more practical. All carers should have access to education and training opportunities that basically enable them to have their own life.
I work full time outside the home as a self employed childcare provider. It is what I love doing. And it keeps me fit and sane too. My life is not just about his medical appointments, therapy sessions etc.
