Suffolk Family Carers
Information, support and advocacy for Family Carers of any age who live in Suffolk. Specific projects include:
- Community Support Team
- Young Carers Project
- Mental Health Project
- Flexible Respite Project for Family Carers of older people
- Black & Minority Ethnic Project
- Training & Education Projects
- Moving & Handling Home Tuition
- FACT (Fire & Carers Together) Project
Our services include working with Family Carers one-to-one or within Support Groups.
Helpline open 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday on 01473 232679.
Information on how to get breaks; funding opportunities; signposting to other organsiations that can help; activities and social events; further education and training opportunities; complementary therapies.
To find out more about how we can support you call our Family Carers' Information and Support Centre on 01473 835400 or visit our website (click the link just below):
Suffolk Family Carers website
Carers' News
Counting carers
After pressure from carers and carers charities, this month has brought some important steps forward in the campaign to ensure that carers are counted in the next census. Carers were included for the...
15.04.08
Life with Parkinson's: many carers lack support
Launching Parkinson's Awareness week, the Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) has published the results of the largest ever survey of people with Parkinson's and their carers.
The research is based on...
07.04.08
CSIP report on High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care
In March 2008, David Behan, Director General of Social Care launched the Care Services Improvement Partnership’s (CSIP) publication on the High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care.
This is a collection...
24.03.08
Government pledge to stop benefit cuts for working carers
The government has announced plans to make it easier for people caring for elderly relatives to stay in employment, by ensuring they no longer lose their benefits.
Currently carers are entitled to an...
03.03.08
Latest Discussions
Spoke too soon
Adam is kicking off as i am writing this, at the moment hes smashing up my six seater garden table with a golf club, aw great!! why is he kicking off? i grounded him for throwing water out the bathroom...
EL - 10.05.08
Hosted chat tonight (8 May) at 7-8pm
A quick reminder that Dr Ken Checinski will be in the chat room to answer your questions on alcohol, drugs and addictions on Thursday 8 May, 7-8pm. Why not come and join us in the chat room?
You...
Michele - 08.05.08
parents of autistic children
help can someone please explain to me why when our son asks for a drink and says he will be good, he then pours it all over the hearth, is it just to see us jump up and down or is it to prove that there...
evelyn - 05.05.08
Disabled Facilities Grants
Has anyone on here successfully applied for and excuted an application for a DFG 
Carmen-Miranda - 23.04.08
