Carers In Wiltshire

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Action on Addiction's Families Plus team offers support groups for families, partners and friends of substance misusers: counselling and a brief residential programme (the Family Programme) for friends and relatives.

Age UK (formerly Age Concern is the UK's largest charity working for older people. They have a Wiltshire-based website and office and provide information, support, products and services.

Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

 

Alzheimer's Support is an independent Wiltshire charity which aims to enhance the lives of people with dementia in East and West Wiltshire.

ASK supports parents and carers in Wiltshire through the provision of information, advice and services.

They have a Parent Partnership Service to provide you the parent with information and support to help you make informed choices and decisions regarding your child.

Download the 2012 Ask Calendar.

The Autism Alert card can be carried by anyone with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and has been developed in consultation with adults with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome and parents of children with these conditions.

Wiltshire Citizens Advice Bureau helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, on the following subjects: Debt, Housing, Employment, Welfare Benefits, Family and Personal Matters, Consumer Contracts, Legal Procedures, Education and Health.

Carer Aware is a free online training resource for those providing extra care and support to a family member or friend as well as for professionals who come in to contact with carers and would like to find out more.

Carers Direct provides information, advice and support for carers.

Carers UK is the voice of carers. They aim to improve their lives by providing information, advice, support and by campaigning for change. 

Contact A Family provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children no matter what their condition or disability. 

Counsel and Care is the national charity working with older people, their families and carers to get the best care and support.  

Directory for counselling advice and information, connecting those in distress with the largrest support network in the UK.  

Dementia UK  is a national charity, committed to improving quality of life for all people affected by dementia.  

Department of He alth provides health and social care policy, guidance and publications. Direct Gov provides easy access to government information and services relating to caring for someone including a guide to financial support for carers.

Dorothy House gives free high-quality care and support to people with life-threatening illness. They are the local hospice charity for Bath, North and West Wiltshire and parts of Somerset.

They have a very useful A-Z of information on their website.

 

Headway is a charity set up to give help and support to people affected by brain injury.

Help Guide provides easy access to supportive health information. It is focused on providing articles that are motivating, balanced and ad-free.

Social network for informal mentoring, where everyone can give and gain. You can search for a mentor, be a mentor, or simply browse the inspirational profiles and stories on the site. It's safe and it's free.  

Job Centre Plus can  offer support to carers who were previously unable to access employm   ent programmes. Work Focused Support for Carers (WFSC) is a voluntary scheme which provides the carer with tailored help and support.   

Life Coach Directory aim to be the leading directory for life coaching advice and information, connecting those seeking support with the largest network of life coaches in the UK.
 

Mental Health Care contains information for family members and friends of people who have pscyhosis.      

Mind helps people take control of their mental health by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone.

Motor Neurone Disease Association offers advice, practical and emotional support and directing to other services and agencies, for people living with MND, carers, family members, Health and Social Care Professionals and Association staff and volunteers.

The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) - about 100,000 people in the UK.

The National Autistic Society aims to support families with a child with additional needs. They offer events, support groups and help to raise awareness.

You can get an Autism Alert card; a mini-information pack for situations when communication may be difficult. Developed by the NAS in consultation with people with autism or Asperger syndrome and their families. The pack includes a key facts leaflet about autism and a credit-card style insert for emergency contacts.

Netbuddy pools the vast expertise of parents, carers, teachers and therapists... anyone with first-hand experience of learning disability. It's a place for sharing advice and ideas.

     

Never Alone is a support site for all supporters and carers. They have a chat feature and a "did you know" page as well as links to other charities, hospices and information sites.

New Highway is the charity formally known as Bath Area Drug Advisory (BADAS) and they provide free, confidential services for anyone concerned about their own, or someone's druge use or drinking.

NHS Swindon's website contains is useful  for carers accessing services at Great Western Hospital and also contains other bits of useful information.

All about the NHS in Wiltshire.

 Parkinson's UK is a charity that looks at why Parkinson's occurs, the wide variety of symptoms that the condition may cause and the range of treatments and support available.

Paying for Care is an advice website launched in 2011 designed to help individuals make more informed decisions about the arrangements and funding for their long term care. The site is equally useful for Powers of Attorney and family members and friends.

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is the largest provider of comprehensive carers support services in the UK. The Trust currently provides quality information, advice and support services to over 400,000 carers, including approximately 25,000 young carers.

The Respite Association strives to assist those caring for a relative and in need of urgent short-term Respite Care. They help fund respite care for disabled, sick, elderly or terminally ill persons, so that their regular Carers can take a break.

 

Rethink is the leading national mental health membership charity that works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life.

The Stroke Association provide services for those who have experienced a stroke and their relatives. This includes social clubs, information and support.

The Key is a secure and encrypted register for children and young people aged 0-19 years with disabilities or special educational needs. The Key aims to improve access and take up of services, and identify gaps in provision. The information you provide is important as it will be used to assist in the planning, monitoring and development of services for disabled children and their families in Wiltshire.

Tax Help for Older People gives free professional advice on personal tax available to older people who otherwise could not afford to pay for it.

Voyage Options offer flexible individual support to enable you to live the life you choose. Voyage has over 20 years of experience of providing support to individuals with a range of needs across most of the UK.

The Wiltshire Direct Payment Support Service provides assistance to Direct Payment and Independent Living Fund (ILF) users in Wiltshire. They help to give people choice and control.

                 

Wiltshire Blind Association supports over 1,800 registered blind and partially-sighted people throughout Wiltshire, helping them to life to the full. They offer social groups, talking books, specialist holidays and other activities.

WCIL is a user controlled organisation committed to promoting and supporting independent living by assisting and enabling disabled people to challenge barriers, access services and make informed choices.

Wiltshire Council is our Local Authority. Their site contains information on statutory services.

Wiltshire Carers' Emergency Card will identify you as a carer in the event of an accident or emergency. If you have an accident or suddenly fall ill, anyone finding the card will know you are a carer and be able to contact the 24hr emergency response service.

The Wiltshire Involvement Network (WIN) is a network of people, organisations and community groups working together to improve health and social care services for the people of Wiltshire.

 

The Wiltshire Money website includes information about advice providers, basic banking services, credit uniions, debt advice organisations, financial education services and initiatives relating to fuel poverty and energy efficiency.  

An initiative which aims to get more people online and part of the 'digital world'. Communities will be supported through the use of volunteers to provide hands on support for digital literacy.

Wiltshire Parent Carer Council is a group of parents and carers in Wiltshire, who have children or young people with some type of disability or additional need, who unite together to help influence changes in the services (health, social, education) they have access to.

Wiltshire People 1st is a self advocacy, (speaking up for yourself), organisation run and controlled by people with learning difficulties in Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Racial Equality Council are committed to eliminating discrimination and promote equality of opportunity throughout the County of Wiltshire.  

One Stop Wiltshire provides short break opportunities for children and young people with disabilities to spend time away from their primary carers, and can include day, evening, overnight, weekend or holiday activities in and around Wiltshire.

Wiltshire & Swindon's User Network supports the empowerment of Service Users, enables Users to act as agents of change, is proactive in facilitating learning amongst Community Care professionals, voluntary, statutory and private bodies both county-wide and nationally and develops and managers user-controlled projects.

Young Carers is a supportive, online-based community for young carers to chat and discuss with others similar to them or to speak with a qualified youth worker.

Every Thursday night, 7-8pm, Young Adult Carer (YAC) Chats will be taking place in the Princess Royal Trust for Carers chatroom. It's aimed at anyone who is 18-25 but they're not being restrictive on that - anyone over that age is welcome too!