All Age Carers

Carers Services within Telford and Wrekin

We are seeking feedback on our Carers services within Telford and Wrekin. Our Carers Centre is delivered by Telford and Wrekin CVS, and further details of this service are available on the Carers Centre website.

We are in the process of reviewing our existing services and your feedback will be used to develop and enhance the services available to you, as a Carer.

Our public consultation will run from 29 July until 30 August 2024.

There are several ways you can share your views:

Attend a drop in session

We will be hosting a series of drop in sessions around the Borough to seek your views. These will be in the following venues, at the below date and time:

Newport Community Hub – 139 High St, Newport TF10 7BH

• Wednesday 31 July 2024, 10.30am - 12.30pm
• Tuesday 6 August 2024, 2pm - 4pm

ILC – Hazeldine House, Overdale, Central Square, Telford TF3 4JL

• Saturday 10 August 2024, 10am - 12noon

CHEC – Madeley, 31 High St, Telford TF7 5AR

• Thursday 1 August 2024, 10am - 12noon
• Wednesday 14 August 2024, 2pm - 4pm

Ridgway Retirement Living communal room, TF6 6BY

• Wednesday 14 August, 11am - 1pm
• Friday 16 August, 2pm - 4pm
• Wednesday 21 August, 5pm - 7pm

Wellington Library – Wellington, Telford TF1 1LX

• Thursday 22 August 2024 10am - 12noon
• Tuesday 27 August 2024 2pm - 4pm

Alternatively, you can attend an online session via Microsoft Teams on:

• Thursday 1 August 2024 6pm - 7pm
• Tuesday 28 August 2024 6pm - 7pm

Download the Carers Recommissioning poster.

Online Survey

If you would like to share your views online by completing the Carers Commissioning Consultation survey.

If you would prefer a paper copy of the survey, you can request one by emailing allagecarers@telford.gov.uk or phone 01952 383054 (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm)

Via Phone

As part of consultation on our Draft All-Age Carers Strategy, an opportunity for a call back was offered to those wishing to share their views and feedback on Telford and Wrekin’s Carers Centre. If you would like to talk to us via Phone, please email us on Allagecarers@telford.gov.uk and we will book in a phone call with you.

Strategy

We have recently sought people’s feedback on the draft All Age Carers Strategy so we can address local issues and enhance health, social and voluntary services for carers over the next five years.

The public consultation ran through from 18 April 2024 to 19 July 2024. Throughout this time, we promoted the Draft All-Age Strategy at:

• Wednesday 24 April CVS, Hazeldine House, Town Centre 
• Friday 26 April Dawley Dinner, Dawley Baptist Church     
• Monday 29 April The Wakes, Oakengates     
• Wednesday 1 May Madeley Community Café, The Anstice Madeley      
• Wednesday 1 May ALD Family Carer Meeting Working together group
• Weds 1 May Sutton Hill Carers Wellbeing Group, The Hub on the Hill    
• Friday 3 May Learning Disability Partnership Board
• Wednesady 8 May Secondary Youth Club, Hazeldine House
• Thursday 9 May Hadley Carers Wellbeing Group, Hadley Community Centre    
• Monday 13 May HomeInstead Dementia Group, Dawley Annex     
• Wednesday 15 May Acorn Singers Age UK, Ketley
• Wednesday 15 May Shawbirch Carers Wellbeing Group, Shawbirch Medical Practice
• Thursday 16 May BrightStar Boxing session with Secondary Youth Club, Hazeldine House     
• Friday 17 May Belmont Hall, Wellington    
• Monday 20 May Rose Manor Extra Care, Lawley 
• Thursday 23 May Line Dancing Age UK Hadley Community Centre, Hadley
• Friday 24 May Carers way/ILC activity drop in session, Independent Living Centre
• Tuesday 28 May Dementia Friendship Group, Oakwood Extra Care Wellington 
• Tuesday 28 May Frizes Leasowe, Oakengates 
• Wednesday 29 May Singing for the Brain, Salvation Army, Oakengates
• Wednesady 29 May Primary Youth Club, Hazeldine House
• Friday 31 May Hollinswood Neighbourhood Centre 
• Wednesady 5 June Secondary Youth Club, Hazeldine House
• Wednescay 12 June Carers Week Wellbeing from Within event, Hazeldine House
• Tuesday 11 Jun Carers Group, Ketley, Age UK, Frizes Leasowe Ketley 
• Friday 14 June Carers Stand, Telford Town Centre
• Tuesday 18 June Severn Hospice Coffee Morning 
• Wednesday 3 July Secondary Youth Club, Hazeldine House
• Friday 5 July Hub on the Hill, Sutton Hill 
• Tuesday 9 July Madeley Baptist Church      
• Thursday 11 July Brookside Central CIO 
• Sunday 14 July The Square, Rose Manor Ketley 
• Sunday 14 July Hadley  
• Wednesday 17 July Madeley Baptist Church
• Friday 19 July Belmont Hall, Wellington

We would like to thank those who shared their views, perspectives and thoughts on the draft strategy as your feedback is crucial to us enhancing the strategy.

We will now review all of the feedback to influence and develop the final All Age Carers Strategy, alongside an action plan for implementation over the next five years. This will be published in Autumn 2024.

Please check back here for any further updates.

Last updated: 26/07/2024 11:21