Information for carers and carer organisations

We have produced a range of information and resources for carers and carer organisations to help support campaigning and lobbying in the elections, including:

• information about the election itself and about voting.
• information on finding and writing to candidates and sample letters for you to personalise and send to your candidates in the Scottish Parliament and Council elections.  Click here to to find your candidate online.
• a sample letter for you to personalise and send to local newspapers highlighting carers in your area
• information on finding out who your candidate is and how to contact them
• find out what the different parties are saying on how they plan to support carers
• information on using the election to raise awareness of carers issues
• details of using the press and media to highlight carers in the election
• details of further sources of information
• a breakdown of carers by council, parliamentary consituency and region
• a feedback form for you to tell us what you or your group has done to highlight carers issues in the election, which we will highlight on this site

You can also download all this information in a complete lobbying and campaign pack. 

Remember to download your copy of the Manifesto and a background to the manifesto which also includes case studies and examples of good practice.

You can also sign up for our campaign news which will provide details of events and activities, surveys and updates on the campaign. 

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