Carers Direct

Are You a Carer?

If you are please let us know – we may be able to help you.

Support For Carers Leicestershire provides information on a range of services throughout the county to assist carers in their role.  The service is being run by Voluntary Action South Leicestershire, a community based organisation with a long history of supporting carers, including a dedicated telephone advice line and an online directory of local services for carers such as Carers Support Groups. Contact them on 0845 689 9510 or visit their website.

www.supportforcarers.org/

Alternatively contact national Carers Direct.

Carers Consent Form

First Contact Plus

If you require access to services to support carers  the Support for Carers Service which is provided by Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) can be accessed either through First Contact Plus (0116 305 4286 or by visiting http://www.firstcontactplus.org.uk)

It can also be accessed by contacting VASL directly on  01858 433232, Fax  01858 410047  or by emailing:  admin@vasl.org.uk  http://vasl.org.uk/our-projects/support-for-carers

The service aims to inform and support carers in all communities throughout Leicestershire, to improve carers’ quality of life, promote their health and well-being and to encourage them to make real choices about their lives.

The service includes:

• a dedicated telephone advice line (calls charged at local rates) so carers can talk to experienced professionals in confidence about any aspect of being a carer,
• carers’ support groups around the county,
• a telephone befriending service specifically for carers, a website full of news and information, a quarterly newsletter and an online directory of local services for carers.

If carers’ needs can’t be met through this service then they have the right to an assessment which will determine eligibility for a carers personal budget which they could use in a number of ways, including respite provision.