For this episode, Toni & Lesley are joined by Elizabeth McPhearson the CEO of Carers Plus Yorkshire which supports and provides recognition for 3000+ unpaid family carers. Some of whom are as young as 8 years old. In this eye-opening episode, Elizabeth shares the harsh realities of running a charity in the UK.

She also provides an insight into what it is like to be a carer while holding down a full-time job. Something that she and her sister are currently doing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• If the 10.6 million unpaid carers suddenly said “We are not doing it anymore” the UK government would face an annual bill of £162 billion.

• Carers allowance is incredibly low, yet a significant percentage of carers do not qualify for it.

• The available help is very disjointed and hard to access. Helping carers to navigate the complex systems consumes a lot of time and resources.

• The government tends to fund things for short periods meaning that effective schemes have to be wrapped up after only a couple of years.

• Much of the work that charities do is heavily regulated which means they have to hire and pay qualified professionals and cannot use volunteers for most roles.

• When you become a carer your relationship with your loved one inevitably changes.

• When you are caring it is important to do something for you too. Elizabeth shares what she did.

BEST MOMENTS

“If you've got carers allowance and you get your pension, it stops.”

“This short-term funding is just not good for any of us.”

“(Caring is) It´s hard graft and it can cause you to lose your job, and you can be in financial hardship.”

EPISODE RESOURCES

https://www.carersplus.net/

Contact at Carers Plus - 01723 850155

staff@carersplus.net

admin@carersplus.net

ABOUT THE GUEST

Elizabeth Mcphearson CEO of Carers Plus Yorkshire

I am an unpaid carer for my mother who has dementia and extreme frailty, my sister and I are her primary carers and we both have other jobs, which can be very difficult to juggle at times. Therefore, I appreciate the difficulty in accessing services as well as understanding the emotional and physical impact it can have on you. I want to ensure that my voice is heard, my experiences are shared, and all those carers and vulnerable people we support are at the forefront of both health and social care agendas. My work with unpaid carers and families of all ages is part of what drives me to keep working hard, we need to keep unpaid family carers high on the political agenda. It could happen to any of us, and we need to have an accessible network of high-quality support to provide information, advice and emotional support that is free for those who need it the most.

Elizabeth’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-mcpherson-77913a44/

All other social contacts are @CPYorks

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