Support Sites for Carers

Never Alone is a support network for all supporters and carers of loved ones, friends etc...

The site is designed to offer support to you whilst you provide the care to your loved one. It's somewhere for you to go to get advice/support, have fun and just get away from it all without needing to leave anyone alone.

You are a truly amazing person and the support you offer is inspirational, and this site is there to take care of you, as we know that's not always easy when you have someone else to care about.

We hope you find the site useful and any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Website: http://www.neveralone.org.uk

Are you a young carer?

Find out where to get free, confidential advice & support - http://www.nhs.uk/CarersDirect/young/Pages/Youngcarershome.aspx

Live-in Care from Helping Hands is a full-time home care solution that allows you or your loved one to stay at home in familiar, relaxed surroundings. Supported by a fully trained Live-in Carer who works to an individually designed care plan, many people find this one-to-one personal home care service ideal. Our Live-In care service is especially relevant for those with MS who want to lead as normal life as possible.

Web site: www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk

Tel: 01789 762121 Fax: 01789 762143

Email: enquiries@helpinghandshomecare.co.uk

Regulated by the Care Quality Commission

Our aim is to make the nation aware of young carers. By bringing people’s attention to the large number of children who care for a seriously ill or disabled loved one, we can start to provide support and understanding on a similar scale. At Barnardo’s we run projects where these children can seek advice, socialise, and for a few hours a week, just be a child.

If you look after a relative, disabled child or friend and caring has a major impact in your life then a carer’s assessment could help you.

You can download the Carers Guide to a Carers Assessment Leaflet in English and other languages from this site.

Website: Carers Guide to a Carers Assessment

Disability and Carers Service (DCS) is part of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Who we are

We help disabled people and carers to lead independent lives by:

• Administering and delivering benefits for them.
• Providing advice on benefits, and supporting the Government's commitment to increasing the inclusion of disabled people and carers in society.
• We also work closely with organisations for disabled people and carers and help them in their work.

What we do

• Deal with claims for Disability Living Allowance for people over the age of 16, Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance and Vaccine Damage Payments that you are entitled to
• Provide advice on benefit information for families bringing up children with special needs, including dealing with claims for Disability Living Allowance for children under age 16
• Provide answers to any questions that you have about these benefits over the phone, by post and by email
• Provide the Benefit Enquiry Line to answer any general benefit enquiries over the phone
• Work in partnership with other organisations to deliver services for disabled people and carers
• Help customers who wish to use the Higher Rate Mobility Component of their Disability Living Allowance to lease or purchase a vehicle or powered Wheelchair/Scooter via the Motability Scheme

Website: Disability and Carers Service

Part of the DirectGov network this site provide very comprehensive information for Carers.

Website: Caring for someone

Vitalise (formerly Winged Fellowship Trust) is a national charity providing essential breaks for disabled people and their carers. Vitalise also runs holidays for visually impaired people. We aim to offer choice through our enabling environment and inspirational opportunities for volunteers.

Vitalise.
12 City Forum, 250 City Road,
London.
EC1V 8AF.

Tel: +44 (0) 845 345 1972
Fax: +44 (0) 845 345 1978

Email: info@vitalise.org.uk

Website: http://www.vitalise.org.uk/Home-Page.aspx

The Kiloran Trust.
157 Blythe Road,
London.
W14 0HL

Telephone: 0207 602 7404
Fax: 0207 602 3303

Email: info@kilorantrust.org.uk

Website: http://www.kilorantrust.org.uk/

Crossroads-Caring for Carers, is one of the leading providers of practical support for Carers in England & Wales. The objectives of Crossroads are to give Carers time to be themselves, by enabling them to take a much needed short break from their caring responsibilities.

Tel: 0845 450 0350
Fax: (01788) 565 498

Website: http://www.crossroads.org.uk/

Carers UK is the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers. We are a membership organisation, led and set up by carers in 1965 to have a voice and to win the recognition and support that carers deserve.

The site for young carers, their families and those who work to support them across the UK.

The Young Carers Initiative are part of The Children's Society.

They offer information and training to anyone who  works with  young carers and their families across England and the UK. We also offer information to Young Carers and their families.

We aim to offer useful information and support for all unpaid carers throughout the UK.

If you are under 18 and caring, please have a look at our website : http://www.youngcarers.net (opens in new window)

The Musketeers: We are a support group for those caring for a person with Multiple Sclerosis.

Our Aims

1. To offer friendship, fellowship and support to one another, and the membership is free.

2. To draw on one another's wealth of experiences.

3. To aim to improve one another's quality of life for a few hours per month.

4. To produce a directory of contacts specifically for the people who look after their loved ones with MS and to guide them through all the help and specialised assistance available.

5. To produce a yearly diary of events where MusketeerS can meet socially.

6. To enlist professional help for members who cannot leave their partners alone, to attend meetings.

7. To, if required, discuss related problems on a strict confidentiality basis.

8. To try and make contact with as many people as possible

To visit our webpage Click Here: http://www.themusketeers.org/

Or Contact the Enquiry Line on 07770 526 417 (mobile)

Email: info@themusketeers.org

The purpose of this website is to provide free information to everyone with and caring for those with MS. We will do our best to provide as much information covering as many aspects of dealing with MS as we can find.