Carers Support
Welcome to the Carers Support Category, 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 well-being 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.
Carer's Support
Services
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… >
Young Carers Service
Young Carers are children and young people aged 5-18 years, who help to look after somebody in their family because they have a disability, illness, mental health difficulty or misuse drugs or alcohol. They may help to look after their mam, dad, brother or sister or another person in their family. Most children and young people help out at home w… >
Thrive - Day Care Provision
Thrive is a day care project for people with additional needs who want to have meaningful experiences in a warm, friendly and supportive work environment Anyone who has a additional support needs and is over 16 can come to us for a fulfilling and fun day. We run a busy garden and a joinery workshop based in a thriving community centre. We know th… >
Flexible Support Options - Independant Supported Living and Community
We support people to live in the community. This could be independent supported living where support is required 24/7 with all aspects of managing your home and social needs. Or with a specific task where assistance is required, such as cooking, cleaning, managing finances or shopping. We offer support to access the community and have meaningful a… >
Better Connect : Creative Wellbeing Programme
Better Connect is Helix Arts’ creative health programme offering regular arts sessions and creative opportunities across North Tyneside that improve health and wellbeingBetter Connect is our creative health programme for North Tyneside. It is built on our previous arts and health work developed during 2021. We will be running a long-term programme… >
Training and Information sessions for carers
Click here to see our Training Prospectus Each year the Centre runs training, events and information sessions for carers which are based on feedback about the topics and issues that carers find helpful. The programme includes sessions to: Enhance practical caring skills e.g. First Aid, Infection Control Improve mental wellbeing and coping ski… >