CARERs’ NEWSletter January 2024 Dear Carer, We hope you are keeping well in this winter season and are looking forward to the return of spring. I am delighted to say we have started our new Rest and Recharge social events with Funding from Shared Care Scotland. Carers enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea at the beautiful Banchory Lodge Hotel and we have more planned in the upcoming year across Aberdeenshire. Our young carer events start early January with a cinema event and activities for 2024. Please find details inside and get in contact if you are interested in attending. We were honoured to have some time with our committed volunteers with a lunch the other week. I want to extend my thanks to the value they bring to our service and we look forward to more collaborations with them in the future. To mark Carers Rights Day on Thursday 23 November, we hosted an open event in Inverurie for supportive organisations to network and meet our unpaid carers, those registered and non-registered. Many good connections and plans have come from the event that we will take forward.
will be working on the important role of sourcing funding and providing breaks for our carers. A very critical part of keeping carers well. Please find inside an update on the hardworking Carer Practitioner Team who support carers with Self-Directed Support budgets. Again, very important work. A big thank you to Alison for her thoughtful blog on the Christmas period and the importance of finding our own meaning in the festival and looking after ourselves. We look forward to meeting and supporting you in the new year.
Our carers in the North enjoyed a lovely Christmas lunch and the picture above captures some of the festive cheer. A warm welcome to Kath Robertson who has taken over the very important role of Grants work, and our Pam has now moved to lead on the Respitality project. The two
Heather and the Team
Service update As many of you will know by now, our service will be changing from 1 April 2024. After this date, VSA will be delivering unpaid carer support across Aberdeenshire. You can, and are welcome to, contact us as per usual until 31 March. If you have any queries regarding the change, please contact the carer practitioner team at carersupport@ aberdeenshire.gov.uk and they will be able to answer
questions, or signpost you to the right people within Quarriers and VSA. We would like to reassure you that we will continue to support you in your caring role during this transfer. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you, carers and volunteers, for making this service such a success and a pleasure to be part of.
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