During Carers week 2024, I attended and supported a number of Carer events. This blog post is about the event held at Sutton Carers who do a lot for unpaid and young carers for the borough of Sutton.

Sutton Carers provides the following and more for unpaid carers in the borough

Support groups
Information and Advice
Wellbeing advice
Specialist carer support for dementia carers
Specialist carer support for end of life carers
Specialist carer support for Mental health carers
Parent carer support
Money advice

Sutton Carers even has a blog section off their website, I have noticed they are often busy campaigning for carers during awareness events. I would like to thank Sutton Carers for including my video for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024

You can see the link below.

Sutton Carers Blog Post for Mental Health Awareness Week

For carers week 2024, Sutton Carers held a carers day at their centre over at Benhill House located at 12-14 Benhill Avenue in Sutton.

Sutton Carers have a range of advice and information on support services aimed at carers, which you can see below

I spoke to a number of staff about the activities provided and was introduced to quite a few rooms. Most importantly I spoke to a number of carers to listen about their caring role, although most felt relaxed and were happy to forget about their worries.

After reading up on a few services, I took the opportunity for a free health check.

I was given the all clear, but I see the importance of having a health check because all too easily, carers can neglect their own health needs because they might concentrate on providing care for the ‘cared for’. Sometimes the stress of caring can also lead to physical health issues, so its worth getting a free health check if you are a carer.