Chance to be part of caring community

A carers’group is looking for more people to get involved.

PKAVS carers’hub wants residents to join their carers’participation group.

The group looks to make decisions that affect the lives of the people they care for in Perth and Kinross.

A spokesperson for the group said: “We are a carers’participation group which aims to involve carers in the decisions on matters that affect their lives and the lives of the people they care for. We are very keen to increase our membership base and need your input to ensure that we maintain a current, accurate and well informed understanding of all of issues affecting unpaid carers in the Perth and Kinross area.

“The group’s aim is to discuss possible solutions to issues raised by carers and feed back to local service providers.

“We are already well placed to raise awareness of the problems facing carers with representatives of our group attending the integrated joint board, carers strategy and strategic planning group meetings.

“We understand being a full time carer is a very demanding and time consuming role and that many carers may feel they don’t have time to attend our meetings but that does not mean they should not have an opportunity to make their views known.

“With that in mind we have established our own email address in order to create an easy method for all carers to feedback their views on existing carer services and any suggestions for improvements going forward.

“The larger our membership base the more we can claim to be truly representative of the local caring community and have a greater credibility and influence when speaking to all official bodies.”

To register send details to carers. voice@pkavs.org.uk or call 07856660898.