Carers Northern Ireland is taking forward a Carers Voices Project

The aims of this project are to ensure that carers’ voices are heard by:

• Monitoring the way public bodies carry out, or propose to carry out, their powers and duties, for their impact on carers.
• Assisting carers to influence planning decisions, which are made about services that may affect them.
• Empowering and raising the profile of carers through a programme of information exchange, research and helping carers to help themselves.
• Supplying carers with the knowledge to campaign effectively.

Contact us for further information on how to get involved.

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Involving and consulting carers: A guide to giving carers an effective voice

Carers Northern Ireland Carers Voices project has produced a new updated guide, full of tips and guidance on the best ways of involving carers in the planning, monitoring, development and evaluation of public services that affect their lives.

This short punchy guide is aimed at :

• carers who want to be more confident and proactive in their dealings with the people who make decisions about or provide services
• carers groups and other voluntary agencies that want to support and empower carers
• public service workers in health, social services, housing, education, social security, and politicians, who want to improve their practice by being more open to carers’ needs and to their experiences and expertise
• planners who want to make sure they develop the services people really need and target those services more effectively

Download your free copy here or contact Carers Northern Ireland.