The Carers' Information Service
The Carers' Information Service was established by the Whitgift Foundation in 1997 and aims to help and support the carers of Croydon, and the professionals who work with them, in a variety of ways.
| Enquiry Service | |
| Publications | |
| Outreach | |
| Training | |
| Volunteering |
We offer a free, confidential enquiry service to carers and professionals.
The enquiry service will try to help with any enquiry related to caring, and if we don't know the answer then we will find you someone who does.
You can contact the enquiry service in a number of ways:
- Telephone: 020 8649 9339 (option 1)
- Email: info@carerscontactline.co.uk
- Letter: Carers' Information Service, Courtyard House, 1d Church Road, Croydon, CR0 1SG
We produce a range of publications, all of which are free to carers and professionals. To request copies of any of the following publications (multiple copies are available for professionals to distribute) please contact us.
How To...A Guide for Carers in Croydon
Our flagship publication is the How To...A Guide for Carers in Croydon. This guide condenses the most relevant local and national services for people with disabilities and their carers into one volume, so that carers have access to a single, reliable source of information, help and advice.
How To...A Guide for Carers in Croydon can also be viewed online.
Factsheets
We also produce a series of factsheets that look at some of the key topics in the How To Guide in more depth.
All our factsheets are available to download.
Newsletter
Every other month we publish our newsletter, Carers News, which is full of information we think carers need to know; whether it's a new carers' support service in Croydon, or a change to the law which affects carers all over the country.
To join our mailing list and receive Carers News, please contact us.
Carers News is also available via email, please contact us for more details.
You can also read and download Carers News online, as well as access past editions.
E-Bulletin
Once a month we produce an e-bulletin, What's New for Carers?, that advertises various activities, events and services for carers in Croydon, as well as relevant information from all over the country.
If you would like to receive What's New for Carers? please contact us, telling us if you are a carer and if so who you care for.
Alternatively you can read What's New for Carers? online.
On the second Wednesday of each month, 11 am - 2 pm, we hold an information session at Mayday Hospital in the main reception area, where we offer any passing carers or professionals the chance to talk to us to find out more about the Carers' Information Service and how we might be able to help them.
With funding from the Carers Grant the Carers' Information Service offers free training to carers once a month.
Past training sessions have included First Aid Awareness, Drug & Alcohol Awareness, life coaching, Moving & Handling, laughter workshops and more.
The training is free, and we can pay for respite for the person you care for, as well as covering your travel costs.
To find out more about our training or to book for future sessions call us on 020 8649 9339 ext 221 or email us.
Volunteering
We offer a wide variety of volunteering opportunities. So whether you want
to come and help us in the office, get some fresh air whilst delivering
our newsletters, come up with wonderful ideas for improving our publicity,
or anything else you think you have to offer us, please contact
us and we will send you our Volunteer Information Pack.
Page last updated: 10/10/2008
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Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of this work to ensure accuracy, the Carers' Information Service cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. Any links to external websites have been carefully selected but are provided without any endorsement of the content of those sites.
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