THE importance and success of social work across Cumbria was celebrated at five events across Cumbria this week (March 21).
Events are taking place up-and-down the county as part of National Carers’ Week (6-12 June), with quizzes, reminiscence sessions and coffee mornings just a selection of what’s on offer.
This year Dementia Action Week runs from 16 May and focusses on diagnosis, and the positive difference that early diagnosis can make.
Safeguarding agencies across Cumbria will be supporting a national campaign designed to raise awareness of the services available to vulnerable adults.
On the day that the Government’s ‘no jab, no job’ mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rule comes into effect for people working in care homes, the council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care is urging people to consider a job in social care.
Cumbria County Council has committed £7m to a new emergency social care sustainability fund to support the struggling social care sector through this winter.
I wanted to draw your readers’ attention to the exceptional pressures the social care system in Cumbria is currently facing, what this means and how Cumbria County Council is responding alongside our partners.
Cumbria County Council and Carers Support Cumbria are voicing their support for unpaid carers across the county ahead of tomorrow’s national Carers Rights Day (Thursday 26 November).
