Wandsworth carer support services

Wandsworth Carers' Centre

Tel: 020 8877 1200  Facsimile: 020 8877 3936
Email: info@wandsworthcarers.org.uk
Website: www.carerswandsworth.org.uk

About the service: We will work with a Wandsworth resident or friend, neighbour or family member living out of borough supporting a Wandsworth resident. At the Centre we provide a range of services:

- Information and Advice
- Complementary Therapies
- Counselling
- Support Groups including a Mental Health Carers support group (co-facilitated with Rethink)
- Targeted support for Asian Carers
- Targeted support for Mental Health Carers
- Targeted support for those affected by another adults substance misuse
- Back Care Project
- Breaks Project
- Carers Emergency Support Scheme
- Carers Bulletin
- Carers Participation Project

We also offer support to access health and social care services and assist with benefits, housing, respite care, getting a break and debt advice. Languages spoken in addition to English include Hindi, Punjabi, Gujrati, Urdu, Vietnamese and Cantonese. We can offer out of hours support where required e.g. for working Carers.

The centre provides one-to-one support, benefits advice, complementary therapies, counselling, a breaks project, and support with housing issues. It also runs a carer support group together with Rethink.

 2011 timetable for Rethink/Wandsworth Carers' Centre Group for Carers of Adults with a Mental Illness

Wandsworth news for carers

Please download the newsletters for carers of Wandsworth-based service users.

 Carer newsletter February 2010 (PDF, 74 KB)

 Carer newletter November 2009 (PDF, 381 KB)

Wandsworth events for carers

There are a number of events and involvement opportunities for family members, friends and carers in Wandsworth.

 Opportunities for Mental Health Carer Involvement (PDF, 40 KB)

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