Buckinghamshire All-Age Carers Strategy 2025 to 2030

Overview

We want to hear your views on our draft strategy to support unpaid carers in Buckinghamshire. Tell us if you think we have identified the right priorities or if there is anything else we should be focusing on. 

Unpaid carers play a crucial role in supporting the well-being of those they care for, balancing these responsibilities with their own personal and professional lives. For young carers, this also includes the challenge of maintaining their own education and relationships. 

Draft Buckinghamshire All-Age Carers Strategy 2025 to 2030 

Our vision is for every unpaid carer in Buckinghamshire to be recognised and valued, being able to access the information, support, and resources they need to live fulfilling lives alongside caring. We are committed to working with carers to improve people's support and lives.

Our All-Age Carers Strategy sets out our priorities to make this vision happen, to: 

• provide a system that best works for carers, by joining up services and identifying carers at the earliest stage 
• ensure carers can find information and advice they need easily, when they need it 
• support our carers’ health and wellbeing, helping them to access support and balance their life outside of their caring role 
• support carers to access employment, to minimise the financial impact of caring  

These priorities were identified following feedback from carers in Buckinghamshire and support national and local strategies.  

Each area of focus will have actions identified to achieve these priorities.  

Tell us if you think we have chosen the right priorities and if there’s anything else we should be focusing on.  

Who we want to hear from

We want to hear from carers of all ages. If you are under 13 years of age, you will need to have consent from your parent or carer to take part.  

We also want to hear from any one whose professional work involves the care, support or education of carers. 

Related documents and links 

Before you respond to this activity, please have a look at the following documents and links: 

• Buckinghamshire Draft All-Age Carers Strategy (PDF 0.71MB)

How to have your say  

You can tell us your views in one of the following ways: 

• complete, and return, a printed version of the survey (PDF 0.19MB) 
• email us at carersstrategy@buckinghamshire.gov.uk 
• write to us at All-Age Carers Strategy consultation, Buckinghamshire Council, 5th Floor, Walton Street Offices, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA 

If you have any questions about this activity, or require this information in another format or language, please email us at carersstrategy@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  

Please tell us your views by 11:59pm on 15 December 2024. 

What happens next 

Your views will help us to check and update the All-Age Carers Strategy and help to inform an action plan to deliver the priorities.  

Decision makers will then review the strategy for final approval before publication. We aim to launch the Buckinghamshire All-Age Carers Strategy in Spring 2025.  

A group of staff, organisations and carers will create an action plan and lead making the strategy’s vision happen.  

Privacy

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If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.