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Rethink Companions Carer service
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Companions Carers support offers one to one advice and signposting on all carers issues and the opportunity to attend the “Caring and coping” course that covers the following areas; • Wellbeing for carers • Carers rights • Carers assessment/benefits • Carers breaks.
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Dudley Carer Support
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Working across the borough of Dudley providing peer support groups, carer-led groups, additional support and a chance to share information and coping strategies. Providing practical and emotional support. Helping carers cope with all aspects of their caring role. Information available on all topics related to mental illness
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Bristol Carer Service
Services and Groups |Last updated: 16/06/2025
Often the person you are supporting is a family member such as a partner, wife, husband, son, daughter or a friend. Whether or not you think you are a ‘carer’, support is available. We help over 200 people a year across Bristol who are looking for advice, support or information. Please note that we no longer have an office in St Paul's.
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“The isolation of being a carer is the scariest thing” – Steve’s story
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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Oxford Carers Support Service
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Oxford Carers Support believes that carers have an invaluable role in helping people recover from mental illness and that they should be acknowledged, valued and supported. We place people who use our services at the centre of everything we do. We provide high quality services and welcome feedback from service users to constantly develop and improve them. We are a highly experienced team of senior mental health recovery workers, working across Oxfordshire, specialising in supporting carers of people living with a mental illness. We work closely with Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership, signposting and referring to services and providing a carers course within the Oxfordshire Recovery College. The service provides specialist training sessions to unpaid carers throughout the year including: - Caring and coping Mental health first aid (adult and youth)
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“I didn’t realise for a very long time that I’d been a carer” – Jonathan’s story
Last updated: 03/06/2025
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Respite care - Breaks for carers
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 26/06/2025
Respite means that you have a break from caring. This section explains what respite options may be available to you as a carer. This information is for carers of adults affected by mental illness in England. It’s also for anyone else interested in the subject.
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Rethink Carer Support: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/06/2025
We are run by carers, with carers, for carers of adults with mental health problems. Our aims are to: • Support and inform each other – through monthly groups, a phone line, informal advocacy and financial help – so that we know we are not alone • Help each other develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to do the best we can for our loved one with mental health problems • Provide information about training, helpful local agencies and rights • Work with carers to strengthen their voices as experts by experience so that the limited resources available to mental health and social care are put to the best possible use • Engage constructively with the NHS, the NHS Provider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and local authority commissioners to improve services – where necessary injecting a sense of urgency and an element of challenge
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Bristol Community Services - Help When You Need It
Services and Groups |Last updated: 28/02/2025
Bristol Community Services - help when you need it. This is a Rethink Mental Services in Bristol which comprises of: - Bristol Community Services - Bristol Carer Service - Bristol Ethnic Inclusion Service
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