Suffolk Family Carers
Information, support and advocacy for Family Carers of any age who live in Suffolk. We run various projects including:
- Community Support Team
- Young Carers Project
- Mental Health Project
- Flexible Respite Project for Family Carers of older people
- Inclusion & Diversity Project
- Learning, Education & Employment Team
- Hospitals Team
- Learning Disability Project
- Talk & Support Project
- 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 0844 225 3099.
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
Consultation on Carers Strategy 'Refresh'
Paul Burstow MP, Minister for Care Services, has announced a consultation on what the Government should prioritise to support carers from 2011-2015.
This will focus on how best to deliver the five...
29.07.10
Mental Health and the Triangle of Care
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the National Mental Health Development Unit today published a guide which emphasizes the need for better local strategic involvement of carers and families in...
28.07.10
Caring Together and Getting it Right
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers welcomed the Scottish Government’s Caring Together and Getting it Right for Young Carers strategies launched on 26 July 2010 at The Princess Royal Trust Lanarkshire...
26.07.10
Carer Involvement Can Reduce Hospital Re-admission Rate
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers launched a new report Out of Hospital today. It urges policy makers and health services and commissioners to work together with carers and carers’ organisations to...
21.07.10
Latest Discussions
And so it is
A class of five-year old students are learning to read.
One of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, "Look at this!
It's a frickin' elephant!"
The teacher took a deep breath, then...
mag - 31.08.10
its my birthday tommorow.....
......i dont know whether to be happy or a bit sad !!! i am well into my 40's and havent been feeling my best for at least 12 months if not more. Been worrying about silly little things and those silly...
loopy - 29.08.10
High Rate Mobility
Hello to all,
Newbie to the boards but have been lurking for a few weeks reading posts..
I have two sons, i am a carer to my eldest who is nearly 6.. He has severe epilepsy with several different...
l.boo - 26.08.10
Anyone ben accussed of benefit fraud relating to Carers Allowance?
I have recently posted about this and had a lot of fabulous kind words and advice from justanothercarer, but I was wondering if anyone out there was going through the same as me and maybe be could be...
very worried sarah - 24.08.10
