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 … >
Working for Carers
North Tyneside Carers’ Centre alongside Newcastle Carers and Carers Northumberland are working together to deliver the Working for Carers project. We provide friendly and specialised support for unpaid carers aged 16+ to find a job, maintain employment, access education, training and volunteering opportunities. This project is funded by the UK Go… >
North Tyneside Parent Carer Forum
We are a Community Interest Company, led by and for, parent/carers of children, and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) within North Tyneside aged from 0-25yrs. If you have a child or young person within North Tyneside who has SEND (no diagnosis required), come and join us. We work with relevant providers on a str… >
Parent & Carer 1-1 Support Sessions
Support sessions for parents & carers delivered by our qualified Family Wellbeing Practitioners. >
Welfare Benefits Information
Whether the benefit is ESA (Employment Support Allowance), PIP (Personal Independence Payment), or Universal Credit, our specialist welfare benefits team provides impartial and confidential advice and support. We can provide one-to-one support through every step of the process, from advising you on what is available, helping you to complete forms… >
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… >
