Site guide
Voluntary, independent and private organisations
Your local West Sussex Carers Support Services will be able to help identify which organisations may be able to help you.The services offered by these organisations include:
- Relief care for people caring for someone with specific medical conditions
- Home care services
- Residential care services
- Welcome Break services
- Respite care
- Trips out for carers
- Good neighbour schemes
- Transport
- Information and/or advice
- Support groups
- Financial/benefits advice
You can get more information from:
West Sussex Services:
www.acwestsussex.org - website for Age Concern West Sussex
The Citizen's Advice Bureau - A national voluntary organisation providing free information and advice on a wide range of issues. The website contains a great deal of useful information on a huge range of topics.
www.guildcare.org - charity operating in and around the Worthing area, offering a range of care and support services, including care homes, respite care, day care, carers support, home care and a Healthy Living Centre
www.icis-info4life.org.uk - website for ICIS : information for life
www.caringinfo.com - website for West Sussex forum for Independent Providers of Care
www.wellspringwestsussex.org.uk - voluntary organisation for children and young people with disabilities and special needs, and their parents and carers in West Sussex.
National Services
www.ageconcern.org.uk
www.cafamily.org.uk/ - Contact A Family is a national charity providing advice, information and support for families with disabled children. Produces a range of useful factsheets available to download from the website
Crossroads Care - provision of Carers Support Workers to enable a carer to have a regular break
www.carers.org - Princess Royal Trust for Carers provides information, support and advice for carers and young carers, including an interactive website
www.housingcare.org - website for the Elderly Accommodation Counsel
www.rightsnet.org.uk - Welfare rights website for advice workers, maintained by Lasa
www.ukhca.co.uk - website for the United Kingdom Homecare Association
www.youreable.com - Information, products and services for the disabled community.