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A week organised by Together that promotes better mental wellbeing for all.
What works for you?
In 2010 we want to get people talking about the importance of looking after how they feel emotionally, which is why we’re using the week to ask what works for you?
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Adoption UKhelps to make adoptions work and promotes loving and supportive relationships between children and their adoptive families. It provides independent support, information and advice on good practice to all concerned with adoption. In particular, it offers a wealth of relevant experience from generations of adoptive families to prospective and established adopters and to all those who work with them.
Advocarewas set up by a small group of carers and former carers to help unpaid family caregivers. Run by carers for carers, Advocare - Caring for Carers is as far as we know the only charity of its kind in the country that enables carers to have a free voice.
Anyone over the age of eighteen who is or has been an unpaid carer looking after a frail, sick or disabled loved one may become a member of Advocare.
Bettercaringis a comprehensive care home search engine and a source of vital information on care for the elderly and people with learning disabilities
CareCo-ordinationNetwork UK(CCNUK) is a networking organisation promoting and supporting key working for disabled children and their families in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. CCNUK is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, with its head office in York and national offices in Scotland and Wales.
CarersFederationLtdwas established in 1992 and supports carers and the people for whom they care. The organisation provides a wide range of services and useful information, and is managed by a board of carers, former carers and people who use services. CarersDirectInformation & advice from NHS Choices Carers Information- Resources to support informal carers Here you will find articles, documents, links and other resources to support informal carers CareHomesToday takes the pressure away from searching for care. We have a vast resource of care knowledge spanning every care home, nursing home and residential home across each specific county. This helps us match your exact care requirements with the most suitable care facility.
CareQualityCommission(CQC) is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England.
Our aim is to make sure better care is provided for everyone, whether that’s in hospital, in care homes, in people’s own homes, or elsewhere.
CaringwithConfidence aims to make a positive difference to carers and the people they care for, by improving their health and well-being. We do this by providing support for carers through sessions, designed by carers for carers, where they can learn skills, get advice and information, talk and share experiences.
CarersUK is the voice of carers. Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or partner.
Carers give so much to society yet as a consequence of caring, they experience ill health, poverty and discrimination.
Carers UK is an organisation of carers fighting to end this injustice. We will not stop until people recognise the true value of carers’ contribution to society and carers get the practical, financial and emotional support they need.
CarersBenefitsCarers are entitled to Carers Allowance and could also be entitled other benefits from the government too.
Carers Week Promoting the unpaid work of carers - This years event 'Carers Can't Afford To Be Ill' 8th - 14th June 09
Counsel and Care is the national charity working with older people, their families and carers to get the best care and support. We provide personalised, in-depth advice and information, which informs our research and campaigning work.
CrossroadsCaringforCarers A Crossroads service is about giving time - improving the lives of carers by giving them a break from their caring responsibilities. Our aim is to provide a reliable, tailored service, for each carer and the person they care for. We have schemes in most parts of England and Wales, which provide a range of services.
Elderly Accommodation Counsel'saim is to help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs. It was founded in 1984, and became registered as a charity in 1985. It is now more commonly known as EAC
Foster Care News was designed as a recruitment strategy which aims to raise awareness, answer questions and increase the general interest in fostering in the UK. Guide2care We have a website aimed at people looking for help and advice for care of the elderly and adults with learning difficulties in the UK NHFA care advice will help you understand what you may be entitled to by way of State support towards your care and, if you are self-funding, also help you understand the financial products available to meet ongoing care costs and as far as possible preserve capital Rethink Caring for someone with mentillness The Children's Society National Young Carers Initiative is part of the Include Project. It provides information, advice and training to anyone who works with young carers and their families.It receives funding from the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health. It is also funded by Hampshire County Council to deliver development work across Hampshire. The Dementia CentrePSS is a dynamic charity which has beeen pioneerring new ways to support people within their communities since 1919. We develop internationally acclaimed innovation in social care to create tomorrow's care solution.
For thousands of people in the North West of England, North Wales and Scotland, PSS provides support services and practical help tailored to meet their individual needs and add quality to their daily lives. We have a team of around a thousand fully trained staff supported by more than 700 volunteers all working to enhance the dignity and independence of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was created on the initiative of HRH The Princess Royal in 1991. At that time people caring at home for family members or friends with disabilities and chronic illnesses were scarcely recognised as requiring support.
TheRelatives&ResidentsAssociation exists for older people needing, or living in, residential care and the families and friends left behind.
Relatives often need a listening ear to cope with feelings of guilt about their perceived inability to carry on caring. They may want to know how to get help in understanding the complex rules and regulations about paying for care or to complain about the quality of care their loved ones are receiving.
Vitalisehas been providing short breaks for disabled people and carers at accessible Centres in the UK since 1963*.
We firmly believe that disabled people should have the same rights, freedoms, responsibilities and quality of life as those without disabilitie Young Carers.Net is an information & support website for use by young carers and is part of 'The Princess Royal Trust for Carers'
