Merton carer support services

CareConnect

Tel: 020 8545 4710
Fax: 020 8545 3637
Textphone: 020 8545 4356
Email: info@care-connect.info
Website: www.care-connect.info

Services provided: CareConnect offers free, confidential and impartial information on a wide range of health, social and community care issues.

Carers' Support Merton

Tel: 020 8646 7515
Fax: 020 8646 7192
Email: info@carerssupportmerton.org.uk
Website: www.carerssupportmerton.org.uk

Services provided: Carers' Support Merton provides information, advice and support to carers, specifically one-to-one counselling, therapies and advocacy services. It also runs monthly support groups, and helps to raise awareness of the needs of carers among mental health professionals. 

Merton Crossroads

Tel: 0208 648 9677
Fax: 0208 687 1846
Email: admin@mertoncrossroads.org 
Website: www.souththamescrossroads.org

Services provided: Merton Crossroads provides care support workers to take over caring tasks in the home and give carers an essential break.

Merton and Sutton Rethink

Tel: 020 8542 3657
Email: Laura Johnson
Tel: 020 8947 1171
Email: John Sasportas 
Website: http://www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/our_support_groups/london/rethink_merton_a.html

Services provided: A monthly support group for mental health service users and carers. There is a programme of speakers during the year, which includes psychiatrists, pharmacists and community psychiatric nurses. Please visit the website for times and venues.