Carers consultation Expand Organisations such as the County Council or NHS ask for the feedback from Carers or the people they care for as part of a consultation. We will post details here as they are announced. If you are interested in such consultations, then Healthwatch are a useful organisation.
Carers partnership Expand The Carers Partnership is a network for anyone who provides a service for Carers in Northamptonshire, both statutory and voluntary sector organisations or anyone with an interest in Carers, including Carers and former-Carers themselves. Members include Age UK, Alzheimer’s Society, Carers Trust East Midlands, Nene Valley Community Action, Family Support Link, Serve, Northamptonshire County Council, NHS and Hospital representation, Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and others as well as ourselves. We meet on a monthly basis at our offices, chaired by our CEO. One of our main aims is to monitor the progress of the County Council Carers Strategy and it's action plan as well as looking at service provision in general to see how we can best serve the Carers of Northamptonshire. 2017 meeting dates Weds 8th February 1.30-3.30pm Weds 15th March 1.00-3.00pm Weds 26th April 1.00-3.00pm Weds 17th May 1.00-3.00pm Weds 21st June 1.00-3.00pm Weds 19th July 1.00-3.00pm Weds 20th September 1.00-3.00pm Weds 18th October 1.00-3.00pm Weds 15th November 1.00-3.00pm Weds 13th December 1.00-3.00pm Meetings held at Northamptonshire Carers, 123 Midland Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LU. Dates and venue Subject to change. If you would like to attend the meetings as a one off or on a regular basis or just receive the minutes and information form the Carers Partnership Meetings, please contact us on 01933 677837 or carers@northamptonshire-carers.org
Carers voice Expand Carers Voice meet every month to discuss any current issues that affect Carers on both a local and national level in a safe and supported environment. Members include Carers looking after someone with any form of disability, long term illness or who is frail/elderly and from all age groups. New members are always welcome. Carers Voice has representation on the Carers Partnership Meeting for Northamptonshire and any issues or concerns from its meetings can be fed into this group. The Carers Partnership has representation on it from local authority organisations, voluntary sector organisations and Carers themselves. As a Carer please contact us, if you have any issue, good or bad that you would like to bring to their attention, further details of Carers Voice or times of the meetings. A leaflet is available here to download.
Parent Carers forum Expand Northants Parent Forum Group (NPFG) The NPFG enables parents looking after children with additional needs to get involved in service planning and decision making so that services meet the needs of families and resources are not wasted on services which parents and families do not take up. Meetings are arranged in Northamptonshire or parent support groups visited to discuss issues around service provision and implementation. Please contact them directly for further details.