As well as Hourglass, there are a number of other useful organisations that can provide advice, assistance, and information for those seeking help for a variety of different situations.
Carer Support Wiltshire
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
Carer Support Wiltshire provides free and confidential support, advice, information, training and opportunities to take a break from their caring role for all age unpaid carers in Wiltshire and Dorset regardless of the disability, illness or age of the person being cared for.
N/A
England
Carer to Carer Croydon Carers Centre Ltd
Other (Please clarify type)
Provision of advice and support to carers for the elderly and disabled.
N/A
England
Carers Advice & Resource Establishment, Sandwell (Cares)
Mental Health Organisation
Cares provides information, advice, help and support to unpaid family carers in Sandwell. Offers information and advice, carer support, adult guidance and lifelong learning. Carer consultation and emergency scheme.
N/A
England
Carers Aid Torbay
Other (Please clarify type)
Listening services, advocacy, helpline, support, financial advice, wellbeing, emergency planning, respite
N/A
England
Carers Bucks
Other (Please clarify type)
advice & information, support, workshops
N/A
England
Carers Careline
NHS or Health Organisations
promote the health, mental and emotional wellbeing of adult carers, especially the elderly, in the local community through the identification of hidden carers, early intervention, preventative action and pastoral care.
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England
Carers FIRST Haringey
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Supports people who look after a relative or friend who due to ill health, physical or mental illness, disability, frailty or whom cannot manage without their support.
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England
Carers Hub
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Online hub of information for Brighton Carers
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England
Carers in Bedfordshire
Other (Please clarify type)
Grants, dementia befriending, training, wellbeing, social, support
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England
Carers information and support Derby City
Other
Information & advice, support
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England
Carers Leeds
Mental Health Organisation
Carers Leeds is an independent charity that gives support, advice and information to unpaid carers aged over 16. Established in 1996, team of expert support workers are dedicated to improving the lives of the 72,000 carers in Leeds. Delivers confidential one to one and group support in Leeds city centre, local communities, over the phone and on-line.
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England
Carers Lewisham
Other (Please clarify type)
Ensuring carers in Lewisham receive the correct support.
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England
Carers Link
Disability Support Organisations
Advocacy, information, support, emergency planning, social
N/A
Scotland
Carers Link Lancashire
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides support and services to unpaid carers of all ages across East Lancashire, supporting and enabling them to continue to care for family members or friends who are ill, disabled elderly. Works with carers to empower and enable them to look after their own health and wellbeing.
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England
Carers Network
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Aims to create a space where every unpaid carer in the area in which they operate is recognised and leads a healthy, fulfilling life with control over their caring role.
N/A
England
Carers of Leicestershire Advocacy and Support Project
Other (Please clarify type)
Services for carers in Leicester, Leics & Rutland. Information and advice, help with welfare benefits, including initial claim forms, training for carers including self-advocacy training, social activities, offering Caring with Confidence sessions for carers.
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England
Carers of West Lothian
Other (Please clarify type)
Counselling, therapies, information & advice, advocacy, care workers, social, activities
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Scotland
Carers Support
Other (Please clarify type)
Exist to support unpaid carers to stay well and live a fulfilling life.
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England
Carers Support Network
Other (Please clarify type)
Information & advice, financial advice, respite, helpline, counselling, emergency planning, workshops, befriending
N/A
England
Carers Support West Sussex
Blind Support Organisations
To deliver high quality services to carers in West Sussex by provision of information and support. To develop good working relationships with all agencies to deliver services that address the needs of carers. To involve carers with planning and delivering services. To raise awareness of carers issues and monitor implementation of all policies, legislation and guidelines that impact carers.
N/A
England
Carers Support Woking
Other (Please clarify type)
Carers Support Woking, supports Carers within the Borough of Woking. Advocates, give information, one to one phone calls, arrange away days, workshops, support groups and regular newsletters. Also assists with letter writing and attends meetings and give advice on Benefit checks and services.
N/A
England
Carers Trust
Age Related Organisations
Paid for home care, respite and companionship company
Paid for services
England
Carers Trust
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides information and advice, emotional support, community consultation, practical help, training and education and breaks for unpaid carers in Sutton.
N/A
England
Carers Trust South East Wales
Care and Nursing Homes (see CQC website)
Carers Trust South East Wales is the largest charity for carers in Wales. The charity provides practical services for unpaid carers and people with care needs across South East Wales.
Wales
Carers UK
Other (Please clarify type)
Gives expert advice, information and support to unpaid carers, making sure that carers get breaks and help when needed.
N/A
England
Carers W Dunbartonshire
Disability Support Organisations
Advocacy, therapies, home visits, support & information, social
N/A
Scotland
Carers' Hub
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Whether financial, educational or otherwise, the charity seeks to limit the challenges that carers face in two key ways: by working with carers directly and by influencing the local services and policies that affect them.
N/A
England
Carers' Support (Bexley)
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides information, support and breaks for carers.
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England
Carers' Support, Selsey
Disability Support Organisations
Information & Support Centre for Carers in the High Street in Selsey Open on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday entirely run by volunteers.
N/A
England
Caring Breaks Ltd
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Caring Breaks provides 4 hour weekly respite sessions and extended periods of respite in the form of residential weekend breaks for family carers along with a range of social and recreational activities for their relatives with a learning disability. Trained and paid staff support adults with a learning disability to access local community based activities enabling their parent/carer to take a break.
Northern Ireland
Caring Together
Age Related Organisations
Care workers, homecare (paid), emergency planning, social, advocacy, day centres
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England
Caring Together Whitby And District
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides practical and emotional support for carers and older people through volunteer sitting and visiting services and a carers support group.
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England
Caris Camden
Homelessness Organisation
A homeless prevention organisation that offers winter night shelters, mentoring and befriending schemes, jobs clubs and health and wellbeing services.
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England
Caritas Salford
Religious Organisation
Homeless, refugee, befriending, foodbank, mental health, addiction
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England
Carlton And Gedling U3a
Age Related Organisations
Support learning and promote the benefits of self-help learning for all members of Carlton and Gedling U3A through a variety of group activities organised by individual members.
N/A
England
Carmarthen Hafal
Mental Health Organisation
Wales
Wales
Carmarthenshire People First
Disability Support Organisations
Carmarthenshire People First is an independent charity promoting advocacy, support and training for adults with learning disabilities.
Open Monday to Friday
Wales
Carr Gomm Dundee
Mental Health Organisation
Support, planning, financial advice, social, and isolation prevention for those with dementia, autism and learning disabilities
Mon - Sun, 8 - 6
Scotland
Carrs Lane Counselling Centre Limited
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
The Carrs Lane Counselling Centre exists to bring about the relief of persons in need, hardship or distress caused by physical or mental ill-health or by social or economic circumstances by establishing and maintaining a voluntary confidential counselling service.
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England
Carryduff Retirement Group
Age Related Organisations
Meet on a monthly basis, 9 times per year. Seasonal outings for all members and different activities in every meeting.
Northern Ireland
Carterton Day Centre For The Elderly Ltd
Age Related Organisations
Providing activities for the senior citizens of Carterton.
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England
Cartrefi Cymru
Disability Support Organisations
Our support skills and practice are all based on a commitment to respect, safeguard, and enable adults to live a good life, regardless of any other label. Cartrefi mainly supports people with learning disabilities, autism, behaviours that challenge, older people, and carers.
Wales
Castle Morpeth Disability Association
Disability Support Organisations
Supports elderly, disabled and/or disadvantaged people, including therapeutic crafts, disability equipment, information, advice, guidance, disability/healthy living groups, volunteering, disability awareness, befriending, office services, recycling programmes, allotment gardening and isolation support services.
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England
Cat's Protection
Domestic Abuse Prevention Organisations
Free fostering for people fleeing domestic violence
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England
Catalyst Brent Community Elders Forum
Friendship and Social Interaction Organisations
For residents who are over 60 living in Brent. Organise day trips to the seaside, week-long holidays, Christmas parties, exercise classes and coffee mornings.
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England
Catalyst Housing Limited
Housing Advice Organisations
Housing association.
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England
Caterham And Warlingham Citizens Advice Bureau
Other Advice and Support Organisations
The Bureau exists to provide free, independent, confidential and impartial service of advice, information and counsel for the public.
N/A
England
Caterham Foodbank
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides three days nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred. Part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussel Trust.
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England
CATH
Homelessness Organisation
Befriending, drop in, day centre, starter packs
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Scotland
Cathie Stankevitch Foundation
Financial Services
Bursaries to local people in need
N/A
England