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Carers Lewisham The Princess Royal Trust for Carers Lewisham Carers Centre

Carers Lewisham supports anyone in the London Borough of Lewisham who,unpaid, looks after a mentally or physically ill or disabled relative or friend. We support carers aged 8-98 with a range of services including advice, information, emotional support, breaks, opportunities to meet other carers, time out from caring activities such as relaxation days and well being sessions; coping strategies, specialist support for parent carers, carer of people with dementia, carers of people with mental health problems, older carers and carers who are caring for someone who is nearing the end of their life. We currently support over 5000 carers over 500 of whom are children. We aim to build health caring communities
WE NOW HAVE OUR OWN NEW INDEPENDENT WEB SITE www.carerslewisham.org.uk which contains lots of useful local information for carers and professionals

A carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without this help. This could be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or substance misuse problems.

Carers may even be juggling paid work with their unpaid caring responsibilities at home. The term carer should not be confused with a care worker, or care assistant, who receives payment for looking after someone.

If you are a carer, your local Carers’ Centre may be able to help make things easier for you. Each centre delivers a wide range of local support services to meet the needs of carers in its community. These range from support services catered to the carer, the needs of the person you care for and the services your council may provide.

Carers have different needs and centres can assist you in information regarding health issues, entitlements, mobility, grants for holidays, equipment and support.

 

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