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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
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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)
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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.
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Going into hospital - for carers, friends and relatives
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 08/03/2024
Your relative may need to go into hospital if they are very unwell with a mental health problem. This section has practical information about going into hospital. Every hospital is different, so we can only give an overview of what you both can expect. This information is for carers, friends and relatives of adults affected by mental illness in England. It’s also for anyone interested in this subject.
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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)
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Rising pressures on unpaid carers as public backing for greater support grows
1 min read |Last updated: 08/06/2022
Carers Week charities are calling for an urgent 12-month plan of targeted support for unpaid carers, as many struggle with the ongoing impact, as well as the legacy, of the pandemic, together with the strain of the social care and cost of living crises. 4.68 million unpaid carers concerned for physical and mental health 2.2 million carers worried about...
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Derby Walk and Talk Group
Services and Groups |Last updated: 19/04/2024
We aim to combine traditional peer support with physical activity to improve the mental wellbeing of our members. The group will go on a different walk each week, around the local area to improve fitness and confidence and build friendships. We appreciate that public transport can sometimes be late. If you are planning to come along, please message us so that we know to wait for you.
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Not being able to talk to friends about caring leaves one in three unpaid carers socially isolated
1 min read |Last updated: 14/03/2019
Seven national charities, including Rethink Mental Illness, come together to launch theme for Carers Week 2019, the UK’s drive to raise awareness of caring. One in three unpaid carers (32%)[1] looking after a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill has felt lonely or isolated because they are uncomfortable talking to friends about their caring...
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Dorset Carers Self-Referral form
Services and Groups |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Dorset Carers Self-Referral form If you would like to make a self-referral to the Dorset Carers Service, please fill in the contact details below and a member of our staff will be in contact within three working days. If you prefer, you can email dorsetcarers@rethink.org Would you like support via our online newsletter? If so, please e-mail us at the...
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Pocklington Carers Support Group
Services and Groups |Last updated: 17/04/2024
We are a volunteer led peer support group offering a confidential and welcoming space where members can share experiences and talk freely while offering each other support and information. New members are always warmly welcomed.
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