Carers Support
Find resources for those providing unpaid care to family or friends — a dedicated space for those providing essential unpaid assistance to family members, friends, partners, or neighbours facing challenges managing on their own. Whether it's offering support due to illness, disability, substance misuse, or mental health, your commitment as a carer is invaluable. Here, we acknowledge and appreciate the crucial role you play in enhancing the wellbeing of those under your care. Our resources are tailored to provide support, guidance and valuable information to make your caregiving journey more manageable and rewarding. Connect with our community and explore resources designed to assist you in your important role as a caregiver.
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Training and Information sessions for carers
Click here to see our latest Training Sessions We provide carers with up-to-date and practical information and training sessions to help them in their caring role and to support their wellbeing. In venues across North Tyneside, we offer face-to-face sessions based on the topics and issues that carers find helpful. The programme includes sessions … >
Support for Mental Health Carers
We have two Mental Health Carers Wellbeing Workers who can offer specialist support to carers who look after someone with a mental health issue. >
Support with a Carers Assessment
Our Carers Wellbeing Workers can offer you one-to-one sessions where you can discuss your situation and explore the impact of your caring responsibilities on all aspects of your life including your health, wellbeing and finances. They will provide you with individually tailored information, advice and guidance to support you to make informed choic… >
Support for Isolated Carers
Caring can be rewarding but many carers can feel isolated as they juggle their caring role with other responsibilities, especially during the pandemic. Our Carers' Community Link workers offer individually tailored support to help carers build resilience and identify barriers they face which prevent them having a life outside of their caring role. >
Care and Connect
Care and Connect can help you with: Infomation and advice about local care, support, groups, activities and services Finding services to help you manage your home and maintain your tenancy Meeting new people and participating in your community Finding information about paid and voluntary work, training or learning Advice regarding equipment… >
Information, Advice & Guidance to Carers
North Tyneside Carers’ Centre provides confidential advice and information services. Support can be provided via telephone, email, meetings at the Centre, in your own home or at a community venue. Our professionally trained advice workers are available every day to discuss your situation with you and help you resolve any immediate issues. Everyon… >
