Carer Friendly is part of the charity TuVida

Age Connects Torfaen

As an organisation Age Connects Torfaen recognise that carers play a vital role in our communities. Caring
is an important issue that affects our staff, volunteers and clients. We commit to ensure all our staff and volunteers are aware of carers, the issues they face and the support available to them locally. We commit to ensuring that carers are valued, listened to and supported within our service.

Commitments

We recognise the importance that young carers have in our community and with our school families. We will raise awareness of carers that they also have rights and the need for support. They have huge input and should be given ...
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My name is Maria Perkins, and I am a Community Engagement Support Worker for Families First in Blaenau Gwent. I pledge to work hard to ensure young carers are identified and are offered the support they deserve and are recognised ...
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We commit to ensuring that carers are valued, listened to and supported within our service. We will strive to create services bespoke to their individual needs.
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Working within the health and social care sector for 17 years, you would have thought I’d seen it all by now… I haven’t and that’s because each carers life, situation and support needs are unique and different from ...
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My name is Carol Taplin and  I am the Lead Chaplain in the Grange University Hospital. I pledge to, on request to provide pastoral, spiritual or religious support to any carer of any faith or none, or to signpost them ...
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I commit to raising awareness of carers. I recognise and value the role of unpaid carers. Through my work, with young carers and schools, I will continue to encourage more people to be Carer Friendly and recognise the incredible work ...
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The Dell Primary School commits to continuing to raise awareness of young carers across all staff teams and pupils, and support young carers and their families in our school community.
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Sefyll recognise that carers play a vital role within our communities, and that carers can be engaged in a careing role whilst simultaneously having to deal with their own mental ill health. Sefyll offers people who use mental health services ...
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As a surgery we recognise the importance of our carers and the caring roles they undertake. We have a dedicated Carers champion as well as the GP Carers Engagement Service, that offers practical and emotional support to any carers within ...
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We recognise that caring is an important issue that affects our staff, volunteers and clients. Our staff know about the issues carers may face and the local support available to them. We will actively help people understand who carers are ...
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