Labour Party

“Care Workers should be treated as an essential part of a successful and humane economy.”

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobby nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.

Find out more about Don Alexander here: https://www.labourbristol.co.uk/profile/don-alexander-2/

Labour Party

“Childcare affects more than a woman’s availability for work, it’s effects every aspect of a woman’s life.”

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring all West of England and Bristol City Council employment contracts include paid time allowances and flexible working conditions to recognise and support those with caring responsibilities and childcare needs.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Retaining and increasing the provision of Family Hubs in Bristol.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.

Find out more about Kerry Bailes here: https://www.labourbristol.co.uk/profile/kerry-bailes-2/

Labour Party

“Care work is incredibly important for society and it is vital we ensure people are valued in that role.”

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring all West of England and Bristol City Council employment contracts include paid time allowances and flexible working conditions to recognise and support those with caring responsibilities and childcare needs. ;Implementing local policies to protect rights of carers to access childcare and carer support on training programmes.
• Ensuring childcare is articulated as infrastructure in local and strategic plans.
• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
• Ensuring all commissioned contracts ring-fence money to allow for enhanced maternity pay and a period of full pay sick pay/mental health days/menopause support/training.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the minimum allowance for home care packages is at least an hour to reduce isolation and loneliness which are key contributors to ill  health across local authority and Integrated Care Board contracts care contracts.
• Ensuring assessments clearly outline the full support that is required in the care plan, including that already provided by family members across local authority and Integrated Care Board contracts.
• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.
• Ensuring protection of our maintained nurseries and identify the funding challenges and sites to be protected. Resource nurseries to work in partnership on immediate challenges over the next year.
• Retaining and increasing the provision of Family Hubs in Bristol.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.
• Rolling out Care Sector Skills Projects through the Adult Skills budgets e.g. a Recruitment and Retention Pilot of childcare workers established with education institutions to upskill individuals in the childcare sector in partnership with Colleges and Universities.
• Ensuring funding is available and set aside for care contract providers, including the local authority, to backfill positions so that care work shifts are covered when staff attend training to avoid staff having to train out of hours or at home.;Signing up to the West of England Combined Authority’s Good Employment Charter, UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and the Skills for Care Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard. Ensuring all Council or Combined Authority contractors or consultants are signatories and that mechanisms are in place for holding employers accountable for adhering to them.
• Committing to exploring models of co-production across the caring economy.

Find out more about Sally Bowman here: https://www.labourbristol.co.uk/profile/sally-bowman-2/

Bristol Green Party

“Care work is vital, I’m working to ensure that people are able to live in dignity and carers are able to work without the risk of burnout. So I fully support the aims of the Caring Alliance.”

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring all West of England and Bristol City Council employment contracts include paid time allowances and flexible working conditions to recognise and support those with caring responsibilities and childcare needs.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the minimum allowance for home care packages is at least an hour to reduce isolation and loneliness which are key contributors to ill  health across local authority and Integrated Care Board contracts care contracts.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.

Find out more about Kat Bristow here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/kat-bristow/

Bristol Green Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring childcare is articulated as infrastructure in local and strategic plans.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring protection of our maintained nurseries and identify the funding challenges and sites to be protected. Resource nurseries to work in partnership on immediate challenges over the next year.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.

Find out more about Rob Bryher here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/rob-bryher/

Bristol Green Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.

Find out more about James Crawford here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/james-crawford/

Bristol Green Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Committing to exploring models of co-production across the caring economy.

Find out more about Lorraine Francis here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/lorraine-francis/

Bristol Green Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Implementing local policies to protect rights of carers to access childcare and carer support on training programmes.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Retaining and increasing the provision of Family Hubs in Bristol.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Committing to exploring models of co-production across the caring economy.

Find out more about Ellie Freeman here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/ellie-freeman/

Labour Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
• Ensuring all commissioned contracts ring-fence money to allow for enhanced maternity pay and a period of full pay sick pay/mental health days/menopause support/training.
• Ensuring childcare is articulated as infrastructure in local and strategic plans.;Implementing local policies to protect rights of carers to access childcare and carer support on training programmes.
• Ensuring all West of England and Bristol City Council employment contracts include paid time allowances and flexible working conditions to recognise and support those with caring responsibilities and childcare needs.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the minimum allowance for home care packages is at least an hour to reduce isolation and loneliness which are key contributors to ill  health across local authority and Integrated Care Board contracts care contracts.
• Ensuring assessments clearly outline the full support that is required in the care plan, including that already provided by family members across local authority and Integrated Care Board contracts.
• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.
• Ensuring protection of our maintained nurseries and identify the funding challenges and sites to be protected. Resource nurseries to work in partnership on immediate challenges over the next year.
• Retaining and increasing the provision of Family Hubs in Bristol.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Actively supporting and lobbying government to adopt the TUC Strategy for the Care Workforce as a Key Workforce including: decent pay and conditions developed with those in the workforce, secure contracts, a minimum of £15 per hour, sick pay, and pay for all hours worked; skills training and progression pathways across the health, social care, education and early years sectors; and protection for those most at risk coming to the UK on health and care visas.
• Rolling out Care Sector Skills Projects through the Adult Skills budgets e.g. a Recruitment and Retention Pilot of childcare workers established with education institutions to upskill individuals in the childcare sector in partnership with Colleges and Universities.
• Ensuring funding is available and set aside for care contract providers, including the local authority, to backfill positions so that care work shifts are covered when staff attend training to avoid staff having to train out of hours or at home.
• Signing up to the West of England Combined Authority’s Good Employment Charter, UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and the Skills for Care Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard. Ensuring all Council or Combined Authority contractors or consultants are signatories and that mechanisms are in place for holding employers accountable for adhering to them.
• Committing to exploring models of co-production across the caring economy.

Find out more about Carole Johnson here: https://www.labourbristol.co.uk/profile/carole-johnson-2/

Bristol Green Party

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Signing up to the West of England Combined Authority’s Good Employment Charter, UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and the Skills for Care Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard. Ensuring all Council or Combined Authority contractors or consultants are signatories and that mechanisms are in place for holding employers accountable for adhering to them.

Find out more about Abdul Malik here: https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/abdul-malik/

Social Democratic Party

“More help for carers unpaid and paid. “

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Implementing local policies to protect rights of carers to access childcare and carer support on training programmes.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring protection of our maintained nurseries and identify the funding challenges and sites to be protected. Resource nurseries to work in partnership on immediate challenges over the next year.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring funding is available and set aside for care contract providers, including the local authority, to backfill positions so that care work shifts are covered when staff attend training to avoid staff having to train out of hours or at home.

Find out more about Neil Norton here: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/53864/neil-norton

Labour Party

“We’re fully behind the Caring Economy and will continue to work with you to achieve its aims.”

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of carers, they have pledged to: 

• Lobbying nationally for investment in free early education, childcare and social care as economic infrastructure reinforcing the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of those who may be cared for, they have pledged to: 

• Ensuring the standard of care delivered meets the needs of the service user, including through basing procurement on social value using UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter.

As part of their commitment to improve the lives of care workers, they have pledged to: 

• Committing to exploring models of co-production across the caring economy.

Find out more about Tom Renhard here: https://www.labourbristol.co.uk/profile/tom-renhard/