🌩️ The UK is facing a “perfect storm” in which people are expected to #work longer, fund their own future #care, and provide #unpaidcare, all at once
NEW CPC-CG Policy Briefing highlights mounting pressures on #carers and the urgent need for #policy reform, as we mark #CarersWeek 8-14 June.
@ChrisMayLA6 More about carers ICYMI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70v1yy9nn1o
Apparently the beeb is doing a carers' season.
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All links swapped, for instances with shorter msg limits
5. Family Action https://family-action.org.uk/self-help/
6. Self-care for parents and carers https://www.annafreud.org/resources/family-wellbeing/self-care-for-parents-and-carers/
7. Setting Healthy Boundaries https://positivepsychology.com/great-self-care-setting-healthy-boundaries/
8. Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/dbt-interpersonal-effectiveness-skills
1. Mind https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services-and-planning/how-to-plan-for-a-mental-health-crisis/
2. Carers https://carers.org/about-caring/about-caring
3. Online Parenting Courses https://www.coramfamilylives.org.uk/how-we-can-help/online-parenting-courses/
4. Foster and/or Adopt https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/fostering-and-adoption
#FosterCare #Adopt #Adoption #Adopted #mentor #guide #advice #Care #carers #caring #CaringEconomy #CareGiver #CareGiving #parent #parents #parenting #parentingAdvice #Guardian #baby #babies #kids #children #teen #preteen #teens #teenager #teenagers #young #YoungCarer #YoungCarers #youth
All help links
1. Mind https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services-and-planning/how-to-plan-for-a-mental-health-crisis/
2. Carers https://carers.org/about-caring/about-caring
3. Online Parenting Courses https://www.coramfamilylives.org.uk/how-we-can-help/online-parenting-courses/
4. Foster and/or Adopt https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/fostering-and-adoption
5. Family Action https://family-action.org.uk/self-help/
6. Self-care for parents and carers https://www.annafreud.org/resources/family-wellbeing/self-care-for-parents-and-carers/
7. Setting Healthy Boundaries https://positivepsychology.com/great-self-care-setting-healthy-boundaries/
8. Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/dbt-interpersonal-effectiveness-skills
#FosterCare #Adopt #Adoption #Adopted #mentor #guide #advice #Care #carers #caring #CaringEconomy #CareGiver #CareGiving #parent #parents #parenting #parentingAdvice #Guardian #baby #babies #kids #children #teen #preteen #teens #teenager #teenagers #young #YoungCarer #YoungCarers #youth
📝 The UK government's #PensionsCommission interim report - it's encouraging to see CPC-CG research referenced and acknowledged in the report, which sets out the challenges that the UK's #pensions system is facing to 2050.
The report cites research led by CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou, which shows that policies encouraging #older adults to remain in #employment are in direct conflict with the rising reliance on informal #carers to provide #socialcare.
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The state of young Australians
A crisis of social reproduction
* “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”
“…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
https://theconversation.com/to-improve-childrens-mental-health-start-by-supporting-their-parents-271944
* Young Australians kept in the dark
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/19/australias-social-media-ban-preventing-teens-from-accessing-the-news-research-finds
* Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
"She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-run-australia-cost-2024/
#SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens
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