Health Education England (North West) and Cheshire and Mersey Local Workforce Education Group have commissioned Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) and a research team from CLES and Leeds Beckett University to better understand carers, and the support and resources available to carers. As part of this, we are asking groups which support carers to complete this survey.

The results from this survey will be used to develop a map of assets for carers in Cheshire and Merseyside and will inform the work of the NHS in Cheshire and Merseyside. 

This work builds on the understanding that carers play an essential role for our friends and family, for our communities and for our health and social care system. This is at the heart of this research. 

The following survey takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. There are 16 rapid quickfire questions.

If you want to know more about the project, here is a short summary (.pdf).

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* 1. Does your group work with and/or support carers in any way?

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* 2. Name of organisation

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* 3. Your organisation's postcode

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* 4. Website

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* 5. Social Media (Twitter/Facebook/other)

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* 6. Income of your organisation (Within Cheshire and Merseyside)

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* 7. Approximate number of carers worked with in 2016/17?

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* 8. Which carers do you work with?

The next 5 very short questions will ask you about the support you provide to carers. We have categorised them as: advice, everyday support, support groups, information and other services (including advocacy).

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* 9. Do you provide advice to carers? What kind of advice?

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* 10. Do you provide any of the following kinds of support to carers?

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* 11. Do you run support groups for carers? Are they for all carers or specialist?

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* 12. Do you provide an information service for carers?

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* 13. What other services do you provide for carers?

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* 14. Where do you support carers in Cheshire and Merseyside? Please tick as appropriate

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* 15. We are interested in speaking to carers directly via phone or in person about their experiences. Is there a carer that you think would be interested in being interviewed, in exchange for payment for their time? It could be by phone or in person. Who should we (CLES) contact in the first instance?

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* 16. Do you have evidence of the impact of your work to support carers? This will be incorporated into a Literature Review being conducted by our academic partners at Leeds Beckett University and will be included as part of our messages to health and social care agencies in Cheshire & Merseyside. Please include a link or send to warren.escadale@vsnw.org.uk

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* 17. By completing this survey, you give permission for us to publish a short summary of the information supplied in this survey (i.e. resources for carers). Please tick the 'No' box below if this is not the case but are willing for the information to be included in our research findings.

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