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The Princess Royal Trust Richmond Carers Centre

Welcome to the local website of the Richmond Carers Centre. Here you will find information for carers living in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and those who are caring for someone who lives in the Borough.

Our Mission

To be the gateway to direct support, information and access to services for carers in the London Borough of Richmond.

Our Vision

To know and be known by all local carers, providing or influencing provision of support for them.

Key Objectives for the Year Ahead

Following our annual business plan review, we identified the following key areas for priority focus in 2005/06.

  • To identify alternative accommodation for the Centre.
  • To increase the capacity of volunteers and trustees.
  • To review and improve our staffing structure and capacity.
  • To continue to deliver and develop services for carers in line with identified needs.

How to Find the Richmond Carers Centre

Click here for a local map

Making Donations in Support of Richmond Carers Centre

You can support our organisation in a couple of ways and you do not have to be a carer to do so.

  • Donating Money
    To make a donation to our organisation please make cheques payable to "Richmond Carers Centre" and complete the Gift Aid declaration on our general leaflet. If you are a tax payer this will enable us to reclaim tax on your gift.
  • Donating Your Time
    We will be happy to send you further details of being a volunteer at our Centre if you contact us on the above telephone number or email address.
  • Please see our general leaflet for further information

Richmond Carers Centre Leaflet RCC Leaflet 2007 (176 KB)

If you have any difficulties viewing the PDF available on this page, please see: Help accessing PDF files

Looking for Local Advice & Information?

If you want information relevant to caring for someone living in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, please take a look at our fact sheets in the "Publications Section".

Alternatively, click on the following link, print and complete the order form, return to the FREEPOST address shown and we will be happy to post copies to you.
Fact Sheet Order Form (35 KB)

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Carers' News

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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

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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...
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