Carers UK
They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.
Phone
0808 808 7777
Website
Carers UK
Email
info@carersuk.orgSocial care and support guide
If you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, this guide explains your options and where you can get support.
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NHS: Social care and support guideTrafford Carers Centre
Trafford Carers Centre supports unpaid carers looking after someone who lives in the Trafford area, including help applying for a carer’s assessment by Trafford Council.
Phone
0161 848 2400
Website
www.traffordcarerscentre.org.ukYoung Carers
Lots of young people are carers without realising it – often for a family member such as a brother or sister, parent or an older relative. Sometimes it can be for a partner or friend who is ill, frail, has a disability, has a mental health concern or has a drug (or alcohol) addiction.
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Manchester City CouncilManchester Carers Network
They aim to help improve carers’ health and wellbeing and reduce ‘carer breakdown’ (when carers are in crisis). They do this by coordinating carer support and working to increase the number of carers being identified.
Website
www.manchestercarersnetwork.org.ukTalbolt House
Talbot House has been supporting the families of people with learning disabilities in Manchester since 1976.
Phone
0161 203 4095
Website
www.talbot-house.org.uk
Email
admin@talbot-house.org.ukFree Needs Assessment
Needs assessments are for adults (18 years of age or over) who may need help because of a disability, ill health or old age. Anyone who appears to have a need for care or support can have a needs assessment, regardless of the ‘level’ of those needs or the person’s financial resources.
Phone
Manchester
0161 234 5001
Trafford
0161 912 5199
Websites
www.manchester.gov.uk
www.trafforddirectory.co.ukManchester Carers Forum
Regardless of whether you care for someone for just one hour per week or 24 hours per day, every day, Manchester Carers Forum is here to help. They can offer home visits if you would prefer to talk to someone face to face.
Phone
0161 819 2226
Website
www.manchestercarersforum.org.ukCoronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for Carers
If you provide unpaid care to friends or family there is information and support available.
Phone
Manchester
0800 234 6123
Trafford
0300 330 9073
Website
www.gov.uk/guidance-for-those-who-provide-unpaid-care-to-friends-or-familyFree Carer’s Assessment
If you provide unpaid care for a friend or relative, you are entitled to a free assessment of your own needs as a carer from the council. You will be entitled to an assessment regardless of the amount or type of care you provide, your financial means or your level of need for support.
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Manchester City Council – Caring for someoneACCG – African Caribbean Care Group
The ACCG delivers day care and home care services and aims to provide a service to the whole family, not just the person being cared for.
Phone
0161 226 6334
Website
www.accg.org.ukBeing There
Being There is a small charity with support services in Manchester and Trafford providing emotional support and home-based practical help to people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, along with those closest to them, such as family, friends and carers.
Phone
0845 123 23 29
Website
www.beingthere.org.ukManchester Young Adult Carers
You are a young adult carer if you are aged 16 to 25 providing unwaged help to family or friends who could not manage without you. Manchester Young Adult Carers can offer support.
Phone
0161 27 27 27 0
Text
07957 836 058
Website
www.manchestercarers.org.uk/about-us/young-adult-carers
Email
admin@manchestercarers.org.ukManchester Carers Centre
Provides free community services for carers in Manchester including information and advice, emotional support and practical help, community drop-ins to meet other carers, breaks and social activities, access to grants and training.
Phone
0161 272 7270
Website
www.manchestercarers.org.uk
Email
admin@manchestercarers.org.uk