Do you or someone you know who provide care for their husband, wife, partner, parent, friend, or neighbour?
Learn about the help available, including the benefits and funds at the Orkney Carers Conference 2025.
There will also be information from speakers, and you will be able to talk to groups and organisations about the support available right here in Orkney in the Carers Support Market Place.
There will be a break during the morning for coffee and refreshments. A buffet lunch is included, too.
Book your free place to attend.
Programme:
- Registration
- Welcome from Stephen Brown, Chief Officer of the Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership
- Keynote Speech – Rachael King, Unpaid Carer and Vice-Chair of the Orkney Integration Joint Board
- Support for Adult Carers – Sheila Ritch, Manager of Crossroads Orkney and Cathy Martin, Orkney Health and Care
- Support for Young Carers – Lynn Bartlett, Young Carer Worker and Gemma Williams, Orkney Health and Care
- Young Carer Speech - Nymeria Drayak and colleagues.
- Break
- Dementia Support – Siobhan Robertson, Age Scotland Orkney
- Direct Payments – Cathy Martin, Orkney Health and Care, and Mandy Kirkness, Age Scotland Orkney
- Income Maximisation and Financial Support – Barbara Brown, Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Orkney
- Lunch
- Carers’ Question Time
- End
