• Activities, workshops and training for carers
• Bereavement information  if the person you care for has died
• Information and advice to individual carers by e-mail, telephone or in person — eg about practical help in the home, taking a break, carer support groups, claiming benefits etc. 
• Please click here for information which can be downloaded.  Our Carers Information Packs are available free of charge in printed form, and selected text is available to read online
• Free quarterlynewsletter Carers News (please see here  for latest edition)
• The opportunity to express your views and influence local services
• Support and information for people who are considering residential care for the person they care for, or who already have a relative in residential care, through our Relatives Project.  This part of our service can also provide information if you are looking for residential short term breaks (respite)
• Someone to talk to
• Access to funding for carers, including Short Break Funding and Princess Royal Trust for Carers individual grants for carers
• Free access to the huge number of books and reports in our library, on caring and caring related matters.  These are available to borrow free of charge for up to 4 weeks, by carers and workers alike
• A specialist Carers Support Worker for carers of adults who have learning difficulties.  Please see here for more information.
• Support workers for carers of working age people who have a functional mental healthy difficulty, such as anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, bi-polar disorder
• A generic Carers Support Worker
• A Carers Development Worker (Primary and Community Care) who works with GP practices and other health staff helping them to improve the service they offer carers.  Please click here for more information.
• A Carers Development Worker concentrating on the Chanctonbury area
• Through this website we can put you in touch with other sources of help and information.  Click here for details.

This page was last updated 01/09/2010