Signal for Carers

17/12/2025

Don't leave it too late! Order your repeat prescriptions now to ensure you have enough medication over the festive period.

You can order a repeat prescription using the NHS App or by logging into your account on the NHS website.

15/12/2025

07/12/2025

Join us for an extra special Care for a Cuppa session this Monday marking our 1,000th online meetup. We will be celebrating with songs, poems and reflections from carers and former carers on these sessions, as well as having our usual supportive chat

https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/your-health-and-wellbeing/online-meetups/care-for-a-cuppa/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_xjyw4fymie

04/12/2025

Bracknell Forest Council are offering free single bus trips on Thames Valley Buses and Reading Buses in the lead-up to Christmas.

This offer is funded by the Department for Transport.

If you take a Thames Valley Bus or Reading Bus on a Saturday or Sunday from Saturday 6 December to Sunday 21 December, your outbound trip is free, no matter where you’re going.

If you travel outside the borough, you must pay for your return trip. This is unless there's a similar scheme from where you return.

Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have similar schemes. Check for details on their websites before you travel.

Regular and new bus users are all welcome.

This offer is not available on Saturday 27 December or Sunday 28 December.

01/12/2025

It's not too late to sign up for this week's online evening carers group on Wednesday 7pm-8.30pm. Contact us in the office to get the link.

You can also book a one-to-one appointment with Sharon, the Carers Worker, if you need help with something specific like benefit applications. These take place between 5.30pm and 7pm.

26/11/2025

Being Heard is a self-advocacy guide for carers published by Carers UK and it is full of helpful information, designed to help you feel confident to:

• understand your rights,
• communicate effectively with professionals,
• manage your emotions during difficult moments,
• and develop self-advocacy skills to help you make sure your voice is heard.

To download visit:

20/11/2025

Today as it is Carers Rights Day we are in Princess Square if you would like any information

20/11/2025

Thursday 20th November is Carers Rights Day.

This year’s theme ‘Know your rights, use your rights’ is all about making sure more carers understand their entitlements and feel confident to use them.

Carers rights can help you to:
• Access support
• Juggle care and work
• Look after your own health and wellbeing

18/11/2025

Thursday 20th November is Carers Rights Day.

To reach out to carers in the community Sharon, our Carers Worker and some of our local authority and health colleagues, will be running a community engagement stall in Princess Square on Thursday, 11am-2pm.

Come down and say hello!

12/11/2025

In two years the number of carers registered with local carer organisations in the Carers Trust network has leapt by 9%. Find out more from our annual survey of over 130 local carer organisations in our network: https://bit.ly/47HpWbA

11/11/2025

This evening we are at the Health Information Event for the Indian Community in Bracknell Forest

06/11/2025

Trustees’ Week is a time for us to come together to celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK.

The Ark, the charity that provides the SIGNAL4Carers service, has an amazing board of trustees, including those with lived experience of caring, and we would like to thank them for the time, commitment and effort they bring to help us thrive.