The Barnet Carers Blog
This is where you will find up-to-date information, articles, and other items of interest. Updated weekly. If you have a topic that you would like us to cover, please email us here.
Stress Awareness Month – Looking after yourself as a carer
April is Stress Awareness Month, a chance to all of us to think about how stress affects our lives. For unpaid carers, stress is often not an occasional problem but a constant background...
Lunch and Learn – a new series for Carers
We have a new series of lunchtime learning opportunities for carers. Over the next couple of months, we will be holding lunchtime sessions on a Thursday between 12.30 and 1.15pm. Why not come along...
The Carer’s Allowance Reassessment Exercise
You may have seen on the news that the government today announced that it will undertake a Carer’s Allowance Reassessment Exercise to review overpayments charged to carers, following an independent...
Caring can make finances challenging – but there are places to go for help.
Caring for someone often brings financial pressures that are hard to talk about. Many carers experience reduced income, increased household costs, and uncertainty about benefits or debt — all while...
Keeping warm this Winter
Winter often brings some extra challenges. Between managing your care responsibilities and coping with rising energy costs, making sure that you are staying warm feels like another difficult...
Have you heard of Hygge? A great approach to Winter for carers
Winter can be a challenging season for carers. Shorter days, colder weather, and the demands of caring responsibilities often combine to create feelings of fatigue and isolation. Amid these...
Carers Rights Day – Know Your Rights, Use Your Rights
Using tech to support dementia carers
Caring for someone with dementia is a journey filled with both rewarding moments and daily challenges. With memory lapses, confusion, and changes in behaviour often part of the experience, it can...
Armistice Day 2025
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” November the 11th is...
Setting boundaries – why it is important for carers
Why setting boundaries is important for carers
Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)
What is the DFG? The Disabled Facilities Grant is a government-funded scheme that helps cover the cost of essential home adaptations for disabled people. This includes installing stair lifts, ramps,...
World Alzheimer’s Month 2025
World Alzheimer’s Day, observed annually on 21st September, provides us all with a moment to reflect, raise awareness, and stand in solidarity with the millions of people affected by dementia. And...