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This section will contain details of up events, conferences and consultations related to key issues for carers. If you have an event, conference or consultation that you think may be of interest to carers or to organisations working with carers in Scotland, why not let us know.
Contact Carers Scotland with details by clicking here.
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Learning for Living information day - 27 August 2008
Carers are invited to attend our information day about a unique on-line learning programme for unpaid carers. The day will provide you with an opportunity to learn all about the programme and how you can access it. You will have the opportunity to view a DVD where 4 unpaid carers, who stepped back into learning and undertook the course at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, tell how it has changed their lives. -
Business Seminar: Flexible Working - Make it Work for You
7 September 2007 (Glasgow) - Carers Scotland is staging a business seminar with support from the Scottish Council for Development and Industry and BT Scotland, which is hosting the event at its Glasgow HQ. BT is also providing a buffet lunch. -
New research on telecare
We need your help! If you have had experience of apply for or using telecare, we would like to hear from you. -
Directing Your Own Support - 29 September 2009
This event will provide up to date information on recent self-directed support developments in Scotland and delegates will hear directly from direct payment recipients. Service users and professionals will have the opportunity to share their views on the next steps to making self directed support a reality. -
Condition specific events open to carers
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow are holding a series of public lectures to enable people to find out more about specific conditions from Specialists. The lectures should be delivered in an easily understandable way. A confidential question and answer session will be held after each lecture. -
A weight off my mind: Telecare for carers - 1 December 2009
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Counting the costs
Finances can be a major concern for families with disabled children. In 2008 Contact a Family asked families about their finances and the results were shocking, with one in six families reporting that they were going without food and heating. Now, two years on, we would like to ask families about their finances again so that we are able to demonstrate if and how things have changed. There is a lot of talk that the economy has turned a corner and things are beginning to improve. But we would like to know what the experience of families with disabled children is.Finances can be a major concern for families with disabled children. Contact a Family would like to ask families about their finances again so that we are able to demonstrate if and how things have changed. There is a lot of talk that the economy has turned a corner and things are beginning to improve. But they would like to know what the experience of families with disabled children is.