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Document Links
- press release about carers in hospitals Brighton and Sussex Universities Hospitals Trust’s Privacy and Dignity policy has been amended. Working personal assistants and carers of family members and friends are now allowed full access rights to the person they are supporting 24-hours a day
- Swine Flu information for carers - Nov 2009
- Carers' Voice Poster
- Listening Lunch Poster
- Listening Lunch (issues chart) this chart shows how we make sure the issues carers raise with us get taken care of
Family Carers
On This Page:
- The Carers' Link Group
- The Carers' Centre
- Amaze
- Carers' Voice
- Learning Disability Development Fund
The Carers' Link Group |
The Carers' Centre and Amaze both support parent carers to be members of the Learning Disability Partnership Board. The Carers' Centre supports the Carers' Link Group and Amaze supports the Carers' Link Group (Transition). |
The Carers' Centre |
Our Adult Carers team provides information, support and advocacy to any adult looking after someone else, unpaid. They might be caring for a child with a health problem or disability, or a parent, partner or friend with physical or mental health needs. .We work with carers who live in Brighton & Hove. Our services are free to use and are confidential. We run independently of statutory services. We offer a range of services for carers, form one-to-one support to groups and activities. We run monthly coffee mornings at venues across Brighton and offer some events specifically for carers of adults and children with Learning Disabilities. Full details of all these activities can be found on our website: www.thecarerscentre.org or contact us by phone: 01273 234045 or email: info@thecarerscentre.org Listening LunchesListening lunches are free, friendly and informal lunches for carers of adults with learning disabilities. It is your opportunity to meet and chat with our two Carer Representatives, to voice your views, to have a say in important decisions about your services and to hear about what’s happening at the Learning Disbility Partnership Board. Listening Lunches are from 11am to 1.30pm in the Conference Room at Community Base on the following dates: - Thursday 9th September - Thursday 4th November - Thursday 6th January |
Amaze |
Amaze is an independent voluntary organisation that offers information, advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people aged 0 – 20 with special needs in the city.
HelplineContact our helpline 772289 for advice about any issue and find out about our services.
The CompassThe Compass is Brighton and Hove’s database of disabled children. It is used to influence the development of local services and let parents know what’s going on. Children on the Compass get a leisure card that gives them a range of leisure discounts including free swimming at the city’s pools |
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Carers' Voice |
Carers Voice is a project run by the Carers Centre that campaigns to raise awareness of carers’ issues, and works to change attitudes within health and social care services to improve the experiences of carers. We do this by working with a group of carers who are willing to share their knowledge and experiences. Carers Voice volunteers get involved in a range of activities including delivery of training to students and professionals, sitting on city wide policy implementation groups, responding to consultations and participating in interviews with the media. Carers involved in Carers Voice have gained a huge amount of satisfaction from feeling that they are playing a part in changing things for carers. Please contact Tess Barneveld at The Carers Centre on 234045 for more details |