Get Involved: 'Carers' voice' co-production groups - we want your views

If you regularly help or care for a friend or family member, you may be an unpaid carer – register your interest to collaborate with us.

Have you ever looked after an adult family member or friend to ensure they can live a good life? Are you interested in helping to shape local care and support for carers in Kent now and in the future? If so, we want to hear from you!

There are many different types of carer, from all walks of life, ages, ethnicities and backgrounds – anyone can find themselves in a caring role at some point in their lives.

Listening to people who have experience of being an unpaid carer in Kent is essential to understanding the quality of what we do and how we work with people across our county.  We want to learn from good practice and areas where we can improve, focusing on what matter most to the people we support and carers.

We will be developing the service to provide support to unpaid carers, and we would like your help to design this.

About the Kent Adult Carers’ Strategy 2022-2027  

We want to build on what people have already told us was important when we developed the ‘Kent Adult Carers’ Strategy 2022 to 2027’.

The strategy was developed in partnership with carers, people that draw on support, carer organisations, staff, and county councillors. Carers highlighted what is important to them through three core principles: Supporting you to be you, Providing the best support possible and Positive outcomes. Carers also summarised the seven key moments when they are likely to need extra support.

Who is this for?

Our co-production groups are for you if you regularly help or care for a friend or family member, so have experience of being an unpaid carer. You also need to live or be based in Kent. We want to hear about your experience and views so that we can shape the support for all carers across Kent.

How to register your interest

Contact: makingadifference@kent.gov.uk

Please do let us know if you have any requirements that we need to be aware of to enable you to join the conversation, or if you have any questions.

We are able to reimburse reasonable travel costs for attending in-person meetings.  

Please note that this is an ongoing engagement opportunity and is not part of a formal consultation.