Carers spend a vast amount of their lives giving unpaid support to family or friends. This can be for someone who is ill, frail, disabled, has mental health or substance misuse problems.
Local help to support you
Carers Count Calderdale
This helps unpaid adult carers in Calderdale who are 18 and over.
You are a carer if you provide unpaid care and support for someone who otherwise could not cope, because of:
- Mental health problems, which include dementia.
What they offer
- Peer Support Groups.
- Former Carers Support Groups.
- Sukoon Group.
- Mental Health Carers Group.
- Come Dine With Us.
- Chalte Chalte walking group.
- WOW (Wellbeing of Women) Group.
- Potluck Pool.
- Cake Club.
For more information about the groups and to book:
- Phone: (01422) 369101.
- Email: calderdale@carerscount.org.uk.
Please note: It is essential that you do book.
Contact
- Address: Suite 6b, Rimani House, 14 - 16 Hall Street, Halifax. HX1 5BD.
- Phone: (01422) 369101.
- Email: Calderdale@CarersCount.org.uk.
- Website: Carers Count Calderdale (Cloverleaf Advocacy).
Calderdale Young Carers
This service works with young carers to try to minimise the impact that their caring role has on them. It is for those aged 8 to 18 years, who live with someone who has:
- an illness or disability;
- mental health or substance misuse issue.
It offers a Young Carers Assessment to all those referred to the service. This helps to find out what the best plan of support is for you and your family.
What they offer
- Information and advice.
- Group sessions. Weekly activities to give a break, social events, short projects to work on specific topics. Also, the chance to talk about how the service can be improved.
- Advocacy. To give young carers and their families a louder voice.
- Individual support. Time to talk and to work on particular problems.
- Support in school. Through the use of the Young Carers Passport Scheme and via drop-ins (for selected schools only).
Contact
- Address: Orangebox, 1 Blackledge Halifax. HX1 1AF.
- Phone: (01422) 261207 or 0800 389 5785.
- See: Young carers service.
For more information and support for carers in Calderdale, please see: Carers.