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Parents of affected siblings

Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group are recommissioning their carers’ services. We have to do this by law every few years to ensure our residents are receiving the best services and that these are good value for money.

We would like to hear from parent-carers whose children are affected by the disability or other condition of their sibling. This will help us develop and improve the services we provide for children and families. Your feedback will help us commission the right services for families in this area.

Definition of a young carer: A young carer is someone under 18 who helps look after someone in their family (including a sibling), or a friend, who is ill, disabled, has a mental health condition or misuses drugs or alcohol.


There will be a separate survey for parents whose children provide care for them or for a disabled sibling.

Please complete this questionnaire online by 26 February. Responses will be anonymous – you do not need to give your name or any personal details.

Please answer these questions about the child or children affected by having a sibling with a disability.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Bedford Borough Council: angela.stango@bedford.gov.uk
Central Bedfordshire Council: cscommissioning@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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* 1. Where do you live? (please tick one box only)

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* 2. Do you have a child or children aged under 18? (please tick one box only)

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* 3. Do you have a child or children who have a disability or other condition? (please tick one box only)

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* 4. Does another child or children in the family provide care for the disabled child? (please tick one box only)

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* 5. Do you have a child or children in the family who is affected in other ways by having a sibling with a disability? (please tick one box only)

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* 6. Age/s of child/ren affected by having a sibling with a disablity:

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* 7. In what ways are your other children affected by having a sibling with a disability? (please tick all that apply)

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* 8. Does your child or children get support as a sibling? Please tick which services apply.

We would like to hear more about your family’s experiences of this support, so please use the comments box to tell us how this service has helped your child or children, how this service has helped your whole family, what most helpful elements of this service are and if there is anything that could be improved.

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* 9. Are there any types of support that would help your child/children, which are not currently offered?

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* 10. If you answered ‘no’ or ‘I don’t know’ to question 8 about whether your child/children receive support,  what kind of support services would be most useful for your child/children and family? (free text answer)

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* 11. The remaining questions are about you and will help us when considering your opinions and to make sure we're getting the views of all the community. The answers will not be used to identify any individual. You do not have to answer these questions if you do not want to, or if there are particular questions you do not want to answer, please move onto the next question.

Data Protection Act 1998

 Please note that your personal details supplied on this form will be held and/or computerised by Central Bedfordshire Council or Bedford Borough Council (depending on where you live) for the purpose of the Young Carers' service. The information collected may be disclosed to officers and members of the Council and its’ partners involved in this consultation. Summarised information from the forms may be published, but no individual details will be disclosed under these circumstances.

Your personal details will be safeguarded and will not be divulged to any other individuals or organisations for any other purposes.


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* 12. What age group are you in?

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* 13. Do you consider yourself to be disabled? Under the Equality Act 2010, a person is consider to have a disability if she/he has a physical or mental impairment which has a sustained and long term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out every day activities.

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* 14. Your ethnicity. Please indicate below.

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* 15. Your religion or belief

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* 16. How would you define your sexual orientation?

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* 17. Is your gender the same as the gender you were assigned at birth?

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* 18. How would you describe your employment status?

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* 19. Which of these describes your current household accommodation?

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