We recognise that the COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on unpaid family carers. As a result, the East Midlands branch of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services are working with a community interest organisation called Sortified, to find out what could work better and what could realistically be delivered now, during the crisis, to improve support for carers.

 Sortified would like to talk to carers from across the East Midlands between 8 - 22 February 2021, to capture views, thoughts and information that will be shared with all local authorities to help improve current offers. This valuable project will help us to understand the experiences of carers in the East Midlands over the past year and will provide essential intelligence to help inform Carers Strategies, Short Breaks service design and the local impact analysis of Covid 19.

 In Derbyshire, we are looking to nominate 15-20 carers to participate in the research through either a phone call, an online meeting or completing of a survey.

If you are a carer supporting an adult, who is interested in participating in this project, please contact Jude Boyle before 9 February

E-mail Jude.Boyle@derbyshire.gov.uk

Call  07980784865

 

All carers will be need to provide consent to share their personal data (outlined below) with Sortified to engage with the Unpaid Carers Support project.

 

All information will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance in relation to the processing and use of personal data. You have a right of access to information held on you under the Data Protection Act 2018 and all personal data held by Sortified will be deleted upon completion of the project.

You will also need to complete the following consent form