South Lanarkshire Council is marking Carers Week by celebrating the work of dedicated staff across the area.
The annual event, which kicked off yesterday (June 6) and ends on June 12 aims to celebrate the valued contribution of carers to families and communities and highlights the challenges carers face.
This year’s theme for Carers Week is ‘making caring visible, valued and supported.’
Director of health and social care, Soumen Sengupta, told Lanarkshire Live: “Our experiences of the last two years has highlighted the critical contribution that carers provide, and the need to ensure that their wellbeing is supported as well.
“We are committed to working with our partners at Lanarkshire Carers to ensure that carers across all communities of South Lanarkshire can access a range of services and support.
“An important example of this is self-directed support – which offers service users and their carers choice and control – and we are working with partners to ensure that more and more people feel informed and confident to take up the option that works best for them.
“On a personal note, Carers Week also provides a timely opportunity for me to express my appreciation to carers throughout South Lanarkshire for the valued contribution that they make.”
SLC's social work resources committee chairwoman, Councillor Margaret Walker, said Carers Week allowed attention to be focused on "the many people" who do so much for families and our local communities.
She added: “Of course, this work takes place all year round, but having a week like this gives time to pause, reflect on and celebrate how valued their efforts are.”
Carers across Lanarkshire can use Lanarkshire Carers as a resource to access information, advice and a range of support services to help them in their roles.
Lanarkshire Carers is commissioned by South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership and Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire to provide Adult Carer Support Services to carers living in Lanarkshire.
The range of activities planned by Lanarkshire Carers for Carers Week can be found on their website.
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