Care for the Carers is an independent charity which supports unpaid carers in East Sussex who look after a relative, friend or neighbour who is frail, disabled, and/or has a long term illness. We are the Carers’ Centre for East Sussex and an affiliate of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers’ national network of Carers’ Centres. As the Carers Centre for East Sussex, we aim to support and empower carers throughout the county by offering information, practical and emotional advice, groups, activities, events and a range of services that are specifically tailored to the needs of East Sussex carers and only carers. We also work closely with other organisations in East Sussex who work with carers. We have built a good relationship with Partners in the Statutory and Voluntary sectors and are actively involved in the planning, delivery and monitoring of carers’ services to ensure that their specific needs are met and that carers’ voices are heard. Our aims:
- To empower carers to be involved in decisions and making choices that affect their lives.
- To ensure that carers are recognised and valued.
- To inform carers of their rights and help them to access the services and support to which they are entitled.
- To enable carers to acquire skills, knowledge and understanding of their role as a carer.
- To enable carers to access a good quality of life within and outside caring (to include health and well-being, leisure, education and employment). Where English is not your first language, we can arrange for an interpreter to help us communicate with you, including using a telephone interpreter to discuss what support you need. To request that we call you using a telephone interpreter who speaks your language. Send us a text, email or letter with your contact and language details, or ask an English-speaking friend to call us on your behalf. We’ll arrange for one of our team to call you using a telephone interpreting service.
