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Rethink Carer Support: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Services and Groups |Last updated: 22/04/2024

We are run by carers, with carers, for carers of adults with mental health problems. Our aims are to: • Support and inform each other – through monthly groups, a phone line, informal advocacy and financial help – so that we know we are not alone • Help each other develop the knowledge skills and confidence to do the best we can for our loved one with mental health problems • Provide information about training, helpful local agencies and rights • Work with carers to strengthen their voice as experts by experience so that the limited resources available to mental health and social care are put to the best possible use • Engage constructively with NHS and local authority commissioners and the NHS Provider Trust Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), to improve services – injecting where necessary a sense of urgency and an element of challenge

Bristol Carer Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/02/2024

Often the person you are supporting is a family member such as a partner, wife, husband, son, daughter or a friend. Whether or not you think you are a ‘carer’, support is available. We help over 200 people a year across Bristol who are looking for advice, support or information.

Rethink Companions Carer service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Companions Carers support offers one to one advice and signposting on all carers issues and the opportunity to attend the “Caring and coping” course that covers the following areas; • Wellbeing for carers • Carers rights • Carers assessment/benefits • Carers breaks.

Dudley Carer Support

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Working across the borough of Dudley providing peer support groups, carer-led groups, additional support and a chance to share information and coping strategies. Providing practical and emotional support. Helping carers cope with all aspects of their caring role. Information available on all topics related to mental illness

The truth of being a young carer

Last updated: 14/03/2024

Carer support

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Being a carer during the pandemic

Last updated: 09/10/2023

“The isolation of being a carer is the scariest thing” – Steve’s story

Last updated: 09/10/2023

No one would ever know I was a carer unless I told them

Last updated: 09/10/2023

Oxford Carers Support Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Oxford Carers Support believes that carers have an invaluable role in helping people recover from mental illness and that they should be acknowledged, valued and supported. We place people who use our services at the centre of everything we do. We provide high quality services and welcome feedback from service users to constantly develop and improve them. We are a highly experienced team of senior mental health recovery workers, working across Oxfordshire, specialising in supporting carers of people living with a mental illness. We work closely with Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership, signposting and referring to services and providing a carers course within the Oxfordshire Recovery College. The service provides specialist training sessions to unpaid carers throughout the year including: - Caring and coping Mental health first aid (adult and youth)

Dorset Carers Support

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Dorset Carers Support oﬀers advice, information and peer support for people who look after someone living with mental illness throughout the Dorset Council area. We provide one to one and group support on a wide range of topics including, specialist emotional support, targeted 1:1 support to identify and achieve personal goals, navigating the mental health system, information on conditions, medications, as well as carers rights. Our service also oﬀers group activities and outings so that our attendees can meet other carers in their local area. In addition to this we manage a carer respite fund providing respite for carers in order to improve wellbeing. We also provide specialist training to support unpaid carers of someone with a mental illness. Our service is open to people based in Dorset except for residents who live in Bournemouth and Poole who can contact CRISP (www.crispweb.org)

“No one knows what life’s like as a carer” – Sharon’s story

Last updated: 09/10/2023

Respite care - Breaks for carers

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 08/03/2024

Respite means that you have a break from caring. This section explains what respite options may be available to you as a carer. This information is for carers of adults affected by mental illness in England. It’s also for anyone else interested in the subject.

5 ways to make carers visible.

Last updated: 09/10/2023

Oxford City Carers Support Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023

We are a peer-led support group for carers. We know that being a carer can be isolating, so we aim to introduce you to other carers in the same situation. We share helpful information and invite guest speakers to talk at meetings.