Who is a carer?
Carers are people who look after family members or friends who need care, help or support. Carers can be:
• adults caring for other adults
• parents caring for ill or disabled children, or
• young carers who care for another family member.
Young carers
Carers who are under the age of 18 are generally referred to as young carers. Denbighshire children and families’ services have a responsibility to assess the needs of young carers, but support is also available from action for children, a voluntary organisation which provides support to young carers from the age of 5 to 18 years. For more information contact the first contact team or action for children on 01745 350555.
Social services and the North East Wales Carers Information Service (NEWCIS) can provide information and support on a range of issues for adult carers. They can also put you in touch with other organisations that support carers.
NEWCIS in Denbighshire:
• provides information to carers on a range of matters and signposts on to relevant organisations and agencies that provide more specialist support
• supports carers on a one-to-one basis and in group settings
• provides a regular drop in service at monthly carers circles in Denbigh, Ruthin, Corwen, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Llangollen
• organises events for carers, e.g. training courses, day trips, information days etc.
• produces a quarterly newsletter for carers
• actively campaigns for carers’ rights and recognition, and aims to improve carers’ services by informing the appropriate agencies as a result of consultation with carers, and
• constantly seeks to identify ‘hidden’ carers.
Click the link on the left to request your free carers’ information pack by email from NEWCIS.
Many organisations will have their own specialist information packs for carers. Please click on the links on the left hand side of this page or visit the voluntary sector support page for information on specific organisations.
Other pages:
• carer’s needs assessments
• help for carers
• voluntary sector support
• carers emergency card
• help with finances
• health and well-being of carers
• events, activities and training for carers
Main contacts:
First Contact Team
64 Brighton Road
Rhyl
Denbighshire
LL18 3HP
NEWCIS
Unit W5 Morfa Clwyd Business Centre
Marsh Road
Rhyl
Denbighshire
LL18 2AF
Links to other useful organisations and websites are on the left hand side
(doc, 231.42 KB) If you have a carers assessment, you can fill in a registration form at the same time. Send the completed form to NEWCIS. They will register you with the service and send your details to Careline. You will then get your Emergency Carers Cards.Carers Strategy Summary
(pdf, 74.96 KB) The purpose of this document is to summarise the main points and actions of the new Denbighshire Carers Strategy. Carers Strategy
(pdf, 320.18 KB) The purpose of the Denbighshire Carers Strategy is to improve and develop sustainable and appropriate services and support to known Carers, and to reach out and identify those Carers who are ‘hidden’ from services.
It reflects a commitment by social care, health and voluntary sector partners to improve the support services offered to Carers over the next three years.
The Strategy builds on the two previous Carers Strategies in Denbighshire (2001 and 2005-08), and sets out key priorities for supporting Carers over the next three years.
Young Carers Strategy 2010-14
(pdf, 1,314.36 KB) Young carers face a number of obstacles in their lives because of their caring role, and often find themselves in situations whereby they sacrifice their childhood, even their health and wellbeing. Our Children and Young People's Partnership in Denbighshire is committed to improving the support we collectively provide to promote positive outcomes for young carers; it is an important priority in our current Children and Young People’s Plan, 2008-11. In order to better coordinate and improve support for young carers, we have developed a strategy just for children and young people, up to the age of 25, who are young carers. To find out more, see the strategy attached below.
