It’s been announced that the UK Government’s Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF) is going to fund £22.6m of initiatives to support unpaid carers and care users in England.
The local authority schemes that will be funded include those providing:
- new ways to identify and recognise unpaid carers
- digitising carers’ assessments
- setting up carers’ support services in hospitals
You can find out more, including the areas of England where the new initiatives are being rolled out, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/unpaid-carers-supported-by-226-million-investment-in-innovation