Category: Carers Group Meetings

Thank you to Kevin who chaired this evening’s Carers meeting: As Lisa had a Council meeting that clashed with the DCUK Tuesday evening carers meeting initially tonight’s meeting was cancelled. Recognising the value of these meetings and owning a Zoom account, Lisa agreed for me to host and chair tonight’s meeting. There were 14 participants…

We had 19 carers this evening. It was also a pleasure to welcome Mike Rich from Barnet Carers. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave her update about ‘Visiting in care homes’. She then opened this up to the carers in the meeting and this discussion took most of the hour as this is a topic that…

We had 16 carers this evening. Lisa welcomed everyone and Doctor Angela one of our Trustees. Lisa asked each to introduce and say a few words if they wanted. Lisa then gave a few updates about the Visiting in Care Homes and how she spoke at the Health, Overview and Scrutiny committee the night before…

We had 10 carers this evening for the session. Lisa welcomed everyone and also Dr Angela. One of the carers suggested that everyone should introduce each other. Lisa therefore asked each of the carers in turn to introduce themselves and say a few words. There was no obligation on the carers but they were all…

We had 18 carers this evening. We also had a special guest who Lisa invited – Councillor Sachin Rajput, Barnet Council Chairman of the Adults and Safeguarding committee. It was also a wonderful surprise to also welcome Mike Rich the CEO of Barnet carers. Trustee Dr Angela Parker also attended and of course Lisa and…

We had 6 members join this evening. Our Trustees Dr Angela and Nick and Mark were present – thank you. A few members joined just before 7pm and had already started chatting about various matters. Lisa then welcomed everyone officially at 7pm. The first topic of conversation was about carers needing respite. The council used…

Lisa welcomed everyone. Trustees attended were Lisa, Mark and Nick. Lisa recapped last week’s discussion and provided some updates. She is still looking into the ID cards. One of the carers Kevin had already emailed in advance with a couple of further questions after last week’s discussion. Kevin raised how unpaid carers need to be…

Our first carers meeting this evening. We had 19 participants which included the 6 Trustees. One of the carers had already sent a question in advance of the meeting and therefore Lisa took that question first which was about Carers ID cards. Everyone in the meeting agreed that it was important especially in these difficult…