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In 2021, Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) embarked on a journey to test out a new approach to producing a local plan to support carers, with carers themselves at the heart of the development process. 

The Unpaid Carers and Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-agency project to improve support for carers in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who experience domestic abuse. The project has been informed by research and findings from a range of sources and information from local carer support organisations.

Carers in Bedfordshire have recruited a Community Nurse to complete health checks for carers who support people with severe mental illnesses (as well as health checks for the people they care for).