Orkney Carers Conference – 2025

Whether you’re a young person looking after a parent and maybe siblings too, a parent of a child with disabilities, or you’re helping a friend, neighbour or relative with vital daily tasks due to frailty, mental ill health, addiction, disability or mobility and other health issues – this conference is for you.

Book your place now at orkney.gov.uk/CC25

There will be an extensive range of information stands at our Carer Support Market Place, where you can learn all about the help and support available to carers from the third sector.

There will be a break during the morning for coffee and refreshments. A buffet lunch will be included, too.

The afternoon session will be Carers’ Question Time, where a range of questions will be put to the panel, and this is your chance to put your question to the panel. We will do our best to include as many questions as we can, on the day. We will not include your name when putting your question to the panel, unless you expressly ask us to do so. Please add your question to the booking form in the relevant field.

Agenda

• Registration. 9.15 – 9.45 This will be in the Grainayre Room outside the cinema.
• Welcome and opening remarks, with Stephen Brown
• Our keynote address, with Rachael King
• How to get help and what we can do:
  • Adult Carers – Crossroads and Orkney Health and Care
  • Young Carers –Crossroads and Orkney Health and Care
  • Young Carer speech
  • Dementia Support
  • Independent Living Service
  • Income maximisation and financial advice.
• Lunch.
• Question time.