Carers and Young Carers Strategy

Barnet Carers are dedicated to ensuring that carers count in Barnet.  We have worked with the local authority, other local organisations and carers to help develop a new borough-wide carers strategy for 2023 to 2028.  We believe that the local authority and committed to supporting adult and young carers and this new strategy is part of that commitment. 

The strategy will:

• set out to carers how we will support them in carrying out their caring role.
• set out to young carers how we will support them and help to prevent them from carrying out caring activities that aren’t appropriate for them as young people, sometimes called inappropriate caring.
• set in motion a governance structure and action plan for all organisations to work together to support carers and young carers within Barnet.

The 2021 Census advises that Barnet has 28,808 Carers, which makes up 7.9% of total Barnet population. This is a reduction from the 2011 census, which reported 32,256 Carers (9% of total population in 2011).

Barnet Council, and its key partners across health and social care, are committed to empowering carers to share their views and to work in partnership in the shaping and delivery of services.

The implementation of the strategy will be planned in consideration of good practice principles, to ensure the associated action plan is accessible, co-produced, timely and tailored to deliver meaningful outcomes to carers of all ages.

In order to deliver the action plan the local authority will work across the council and its partners from social care, health, education, housing, and the voluntary and community sector. They will develop relationships across the wider council and community, including employment and business sectors as part of this approach, and will continue to put Carers at the heart of this process through their direct involvement in the Carers Partnership Board, which will be set up as a priority action arising from this strategy. The Board will be multidisciplinary, multi-organisation and include representation from carers of all ages in Barnet.

Barnet Carers wants to ensure that the views of carers continue to be at the forefront of the strategy and the implementation plans.  If you would like to be part of an Adult Carers Engagement Group (meeting quarterly at our offices in Barnet), please email us here.