Carers UK
They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.
Phone
0808 808 7777
Website
Carers UK
Email
info@carersuk.orgSocial care and support guide
If you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, this guide explains your options and where you can get support.
Website
NHS: Social care and support guideTalbolt House
Talbot House has been supporting the families of people with learning disabilities in Manchester since 1976.
Phone
0161 203 4095
Website
www.talbot-house.org.uk
Email
admin@talbot-house.org.ukManchester Carers Centre
They deliver a range of free, high quality support services for unpaid carers in the city and a dedicated young adult carers service for 16-25 year old carers.
Phone
0161 2727270
Website
Manchester Carers
Email
admin@manchestercarers.org.ukManchester Carers Forum
Regardless of whether you care for someone for just one hour per week or 24 hours per day, every day, Manchester Carers Forum is here to help. They can offer home visits if you would prefer to talk to someone face to face.
Phone
0161 819 2226
Website
www.manchestercarersforum.org.ukBeing There
Being There is a small charity with support services in Manchester and Trafford providing emotional support and home-based practical help to people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, along with those closest to them, such as family, friends and carers.
Phone
0845 123 23 29
Website
www.beingthere.org.ukFree Needs Assessment
Needs assessments are for adults (18 years of age or over) who may need help because of a disability, ill health or old age. Anyone who appears to have a need for care or support can have a needs assessment, regardless of the ‘level’ of those needs or the person’s financial resources.
Manchester
Phone
0161 234 5001
Website
www.manchester.gov.uk
Trafford
Phone
0161 912 5199
Website
www.trafforddirectory.co.ukTrafford Carers Centre
Trafford Carers Centre supports unpaid carers looking after someone who lives in the Trafford area, including help applying for a carer’s assessment by Trafford Council.
Phone
0161 848 2400
Website
www.traffordcarerscentre.org.ukACCG – African Caribbean Care Group
The ACCG delivers day care and home care services and aims to provide a service to the whole family, not just the person being cared for.
Phone
0161 226 6334
Website
www.accg.org.ukYoung Carers
Lots of young people are carers without realising it – often for a family member such as a brother or sister, parent or an older relative. Sometimes it can be for a partner or friend who is ill, frail, has a disability, has a mental health concern or has a drug (or alcohol) addiction.
Website
Manchester City Council