Gloucestershire Carers Hub

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Who is a Carer?

A Carer is someone of any age who provides unpaid support to a family member or friend, who could not manage without this help. This could be caring for a relative, partner, a child or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or substance misuse problems. Anyone can become a Carer; Carers come from all walks of life, all cultures and can be of any age. Caring may be sudden and unexpected or could be developed over a period of time.  A caring role may last a few months or years but for some it may last for the rest of their lives.

A range of services are offered including:

• • Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG), from our supportive Triage team
  • Wellbeing support
  • Signposting to other services
  • Contingency Planning Support
  • Benefits and financial advice
  • Full Carers assessments, support planning and reviews
  • Access to groups
  • Training, social gatherings and activities
  • Be Empowered programme online and in the community
  • Access to the Carer Aware Discount Scheme
  • Professional counselling service
  • Buddy Up
  • Employment support

We offer a safe space to talk about you and your caring role, we will work with you to identify how we can support you. 

To find out more, call the Triage Team on 0300 111 9000, we are open Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9am-5pm, Tuesday & Thursday 8am-8pm. We look forward to hearing from you.

Gloucestershire Carers Hub provides information and support for Gloucestershire’s unpaid Carers.

Our experienced and friendly local team are here for you to ensure you have the support, information and time to think about you. 

If you register with the Carers Hub you will have access to free information, guidance, support, to empower you in your caring role. This could help you to meet other carers and to interact with others in a safe space. 

The Carers Hub is an easily accessed service where you can gain support, feel valued and offload your worries or concerns.

What is a Carers Assessment?

It is a conversation (assessment) and an opportunity for you to talk about you and your caring role. It also focuses on your wellbeing.

• Talking about the routine caring tasks you carry out such as personal care, washing, dressing, feeding etc.
• The impact of your caring role including the impact on your emotional and physical health and wellbeing, finances, family relationships, leisure opportunities and education/training.
• Your family circumstances such as partnership arrangements between parent carers, any additional caring responsibilities you have for wider family, and any contributions from other family members or friends to support with caring tasks.
• Listening to your views and acknowledging the difficulties you face. We aim to support your needs which may involve signposting or referring to relevant agencies.
• You can then discuss a plan of action together with your key worker and they can provide advice, information and support and will offer a review at six and twelve weeks.

What's On, Be Empowered and training sessions

See downloads for our monthly What's On. 

The majority of our sessions are held virtually on Zoom, those that are held face to face are marked clearly on the timetable.

They are free to all registered Carers, this includes Carers who are supporting someone out of county. Carers can bring along the person they support to the sessions if they would like to join in to.

There are also Carer Cafes at a variety of locations throughout the County, please feel free to drop in.