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Rethink Companions Carer service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 06/11/2025

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.

Carer support

Services and Groups |Last updated: 07/01/2025

Bristol Carer Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 03/06/2026

We help family members, partners and friends of Bristol adults with mental health needs. Whether or not you think you are a ‘carer’, advice and support is available. When someone close to you is unwell or in crisis, it can feel overwhelming and lonely. We arrange a phonecall with a member of staff specialised in understanding the complexities of being there for someone with a mental illness. Everyone is different, we offer a personalized service to people from all backgrounds, we offer a listening ear and help you access support, information and groups. You need to be over 16 and the person you support should be over 16 and living in Bristol.

The truth of being a young carer

Last updated: 18/10/2024

Cornwall Mental Health Carers Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 30/06/2026

The service will start on the 1 July 2026. We provide support to adult carers of people with mental illness who live in Cornwall and the Isles Of Scilly. The support we provide includes • One-to-one support sessions (from 1st July 2026) • Carers educational courses (from 1st November 2026) • Carers support groups (from 1st November 2026) • Carers drop-in hubs (from 1st July 2026) The support we provide is: • trauma informed • emotional and practical support • information and advice • access to respite breaks via our partner Carefree • signposting to other services and completion of carers assessments and social services personal budget applications • joining the carers register to get access to other carer benefits If you access one-2-one support sessions from us then depending on your support needs, you will be allocated a set number of one-to-one sessions with a Carers Mental Health Specialist Advisor. This will be either 1-4 sessions, 4-10 sessions or 10+ sessions. Support can be extended as needed.

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

Last updated: 09/10/2023

Using the NHS app: A guide for you as a carer

Advice and information |Last updated: 23/03/2026

This page explains what the NHS app is and how it can help you if you care for someone, it tells you how to link their account to yours. That way, you can help manage their care easily.

Using the NHS app: A guide for you and your carer

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 08/04/2026

This page explains what the NHS app is and how it can help you. It also shows you how to download and use it. If you care for someone, it tells you how to link their account to yours. That way, you can help manage their care easily.

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

Last updated: 09/10/2023

“I didn’t realise for a very long time that I’d been a carer” – Jonathan’s story

Last updated: 08/06/2026

What is carer burnout?

1 min read |Last updated: 10/06/2026

What is carer burnout? Carer burnout is when someone who looks after a loved one with mental illness becomes physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted. It’s common and it can affect anyone who cares for someone else. Understanding carer burnout Caring for someone with a mental illness can be rewarding, but it’s also demanding. Carers often juggle...

What is a mental health carer?

1 min read |Last updated: 10/06/2026

What is a mental health carer? A mental health carer is someone who gives unpaid emotional and practical support to a loved one living with mental illness. If you help a friend or family member manage their mental health, you are a mental health carer. Who is a mental health carer? A mental health carer is usually a family member or friend who steps...

Respite care - Breaks for carers

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 23/03/2026

Respite means that you have a break from caring. This section explains what respite options may be available to you as a carer.

Rethink Carer Support: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Services and Groups |Last updated: 04/06/2026

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 voices 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 the NHS, the NHS Provider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and local authority commissioners to improve services – where necessary injecting a sense of urgency and an element of challenge