Services
During the year we organise a wide variety of trips, activities, relaxation sessions and courses.
These are designed either to help you in your caring role or to give you some time for yourself.
Please...
CARE SERVICE - Caring for those who care
If you need time off from caring:
* regularly or occasionally
* days, evenings, weekends
* while you go out shopping or need to attend an appointment
* while you go on holiday or to a family event...
What is Counselling?
.....talking
Counselling is sometimes called 'Talking Therapy'. Telling the counsellor about your problems may help you to be clear as to exactly what is the problem. This may...
The Swindon Carers Centre (formerly FOCUS on Carers and Self Help) is able to access a wide variety of information in order to help with issues arising from a caring situation.
Our quarterly Newsletter...
Activities and Volunteers Co-ordinator
Our Carers Group for MEN ONLY:
Can offer support
Will enable you to gain access to information and courses
Will assist you in getting help with the practicalities of caring
Is somewhere you can have...
Are you isolated by illness or life circumstances?
Would you like to meet up with people in a similar situation for mutual support?
Self Help Groups provide information & support.
Members of Self Help...
Our Support Workers offer one to one support, advocacy and specialist information to carers, one of them working specifically with carers of mental health illness.
The person you care for does not have...
SWINDON CARERS NETWORK was started by Swindon Carers Centre in order that family , partners, close friends or neighbours who are the main providers of community care are properly consulted and involved...
WHO ARE YOUNG CARERS?
...Young Carers are children and young people, up to the age of 18, whose lives are affected by looking after someone. This may include physical or learning disabilities, long...
Carers Network Member
