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Policy makers in all aspects and at all levels of government as well as their partners in community and business can do more to help citizens incorporate caring more fluidly into their lives. If they choose to do so there will be significant benefits to individuals, families and communities as well as to local and national economies and to the state more generally. The ‘Care to take a look’ policy tool draws from experience in the UK but the issues, ideas and questions it raises are significant to a much wider audience. It looks at the difference that caring makes to individuals and families and highlights the contribution that carers make to national life. It is the product of interviews with carers and of discussion and exploration with Carers UK and the ACE project team and its European partners. It is based on statistics provided by the University of Leeds. The main purpose is to show the differences that policy makers, service providers and individual practitioners can make if they give an understanding of and perspectives from, carers a significant place in their decision making. It shows that people may be drawn into caring at any stage in their lives and that the effects on education, employment, income and health, whilst variable, may be damaging. ‘Care to take a look’ was produced by Bridge Research and Development (bridge-rd.com) as part of the ACE partnership lead by Carers UK and supported by the Equal Programme of the European Union.
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The tool is for policy makers and anyone else interested in the potential impact of caring on their life, family, community and workplace. It is also available as a CD. It contains a variety of text, graphic, video and audio material.
You can view the Online version of the CD by clicking here You can Download the CD files onto your computer from these online Zip Files. (182MB) |
