Working at Carers Hub Lambeth

Carers' Hub Lambeth is an independent local charity based in Brixton. ?Our work stems from the fact that carers’ lives can be negatively impacted in all sorts of ways as a result of their caring role. Whether financial, educational or otherwise, we seek to limit the challenges that carers face in two key ways: by working with carers directly, and by influencing the local services and policies that affect them. 

Our young carers team works with children from the age of 5 upwards, offering support and information to young carers and their families.

Adventure, friendship and support are super-important for young carers, so we split our work into four areas:

• We organise a mixture of exciting activities throughout the year
• We run monthly young carers groups – a space to relax and have fun
• We provide a listening ear and relevant help to young carers and their families
• We run dedicated projects working with schools to support young carers with their education

A young adult carer is someone aged 15-21 who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who has an illness, disability, mental health problem or addiction. Some caring roles are big, others small. Either way, we’re here to help. We know that friendship, support and trying new things can provide the boost that young adult carers need, so we split our work into three areas:

• We provide tailored 1-2-1 support
• We organise a mixture of fun activities throughout the year
• We run a monthly young adult carers group
• An adult carer is someone aged 18 who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who has an illness, disability, mental health problem or addiction.

We provide tailored 1-2-1 support, whether that relates to finances, day-to-day tasks or something different.
We run peer support groups for carers to share their experience of caring, make friends, and develop new skills. Different carers face different challenges, and that’s why our groups are specialised. We run groups tailored to dementia, mental health and learning disability carers.

• We host a variety of information sessions and learning opportunities throughout the year.
• We deliver first aid training and provide free legal clinics through our partnerships.
• And if we can’t help, we’ll do our best to link carers with someone that can through up-to-date information, signposting and referrals.

Carers’ Hub Lambeth see the Carers Strategy as a vital opportunity to raise awareness of carers and improve carer support in our borough. Through our Carers Strategy Development Manager post, we’re working with the Carers Collaborative Strategy Group (CCSG) to help realise the carers strategy. The CCSG has developed the 2019-2020 Action Plan setting out four priority areas for carers in Lambeth:

• working together with a wide range of local partners and services, to improve support and ensure carers become everyone's business
• launching a Carers Passport for Lambeth,to recognise carers and their vital contribution to our community.
• building the Carers Collaborative network,to bring together carer organisations and carer leads in Lambeth
• maximizing opportunities to raise awareness of carers in Lambeth,to increase understanding within local services and the wider community.