Here is the latest carer and mental health news for the month of August 2024 by carer activist and author Matthew McKenzie.

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For the August edition on unpaid caring and mental health we have the following news items.

Carer Videos

1. Carer Learning Set – Presentation from Liz Carter – Carers Support West Sussex
2. Unpaid carers in Swindon: their stories – Swindon Carers Centre
3. Young Adult Carer of the Year: Caleb Tracey – Carers Talk Episode 8 – Solihull Carers
4. HMRC Errors and Carers Allowance – Wendy Chamberlain
5. Carers Strategy – Cllr Paul Cole – Sutton Council
6. Jointly session – Carers UK
7. Young carers share what they would say to the Prime Minister | General Election 2024 – Carers Trust
8. Jaycee’s message to the future Prime Minister – Carers UK

Triangle of care news

1. Triangle of care newsletter – June 2024

New Audiobook release – The Poetry book of Mental Health caring 

This special edition includes poems from unpaid carers across the country.  View more details of the audibook in the link below

The Poetry book of mental health caring: Special Edition

Latest Carer news items

1. Camden Council launches new plan for unpaid carers
2. Five-year strategy for unpaid carers across West Northamptonshire to be rolled out
3. What pushes unpaid carers into poverty?
4. Encapsulating the tough reality of family caregiving: Lost Memories 
5. Recognising and supporting carers across our hospitals
6. Swindon Carers Centre to close at the end of the year
7. Caring for someone with cancer by Matthew McKenzie
8. Join our Building Together forum to have your say on shaping adult social care in Worcestershire
9. City & Hackney Family carers hub opens in Homerton
10. Four in 10 parent carers have thought about suicide, study finds
11. ‘I didn’t realise I was a young carer until my late teens — then felt I had to keep it a secret’

Ethnic carer and minority news updates

1. Carers UK  good practice briefing for supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic carers
2. Advancing mental health equalities – PCREF
3. Black Mental Health Manifesto
4. Narrowing health inequalities: why the NHS can’t shoulder the burden alone 
5. UN – fight racism 
6. A caring community by Matthew McKenzie
7. Maudsley Anti-Racism Action plan
8. Statement from the Mayor of London on Londoners standing united against racism and Islamophobia