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Age Concern York

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Age Concern York work to provide a wide range of personal and practical support, including giving advice, arranging for respite care and friendly visitors, helping people after a stay in hospital, doing small jobs in the house and garden and running trips, holidays and other leisure activities.

Carers Direct

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Carers Direct is a national information, advice and support service for carers in England. Available online at www.nhs.uk/carersdirect and as a free, confidential helpline seven days a week on 0808 802 0202, it provides accurate, relevant information for carers and those who support them.

Carers Direct provides online blogs and forums for carers. It also has an active Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/carersdirect, and a twitter account at www.twitter.com/carersdirect

Carers Page York Council Website

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City of York Council logo More information about services for carers on the City of York Council website

Carers UK

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Carers UK the voice of carers. It is a membership organisation of carers, led by carers for carers. Carers are at the heart of all its work, shaping our campaigns, helping get carers' messages across through the media, taking action to bring about change locally and nationally.

Crossroads

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Crossroads Care provides services through anetwork of local providers across England and Wales.

Each offers a variety of support services for carers including our core service where a trained carer support worker comes into the home to take over the caring responsibilities, enabling the carer to take a break.

Lives Unlimited

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Lives Unlimited Logo Lives Unlimited is a family and user led group of people, all volunteers, who are actively working towards enabling disabled people and older people in the York area to have more control over their lives, be included as equal citizens and enjoy the same choices and opportunities as anyone else in their community.

Princess Royal Trust

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The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is the largest provider of comprehensive carers support services in the UK. Through its unique network of 144 independently managed Carers' Centres , 85 young carers services and interactive websites, www.carers.org and www.youngcarers.net,

Safeguarding vulnerable adults website

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Vulnerable adults in York and their friends, neighbours and carers have a wealth of information available to them at the click of a button thanks to the safeguarding adults in york website.

The website is created by York Safeguarding Adults’ Board (a partnership group responsible for ensuring the safety of vulnerable adults in York ) and advises the public and professionals on the types of abuse adults may be subjected to and what to do if they suspect abuse.

York Carers Forum

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York Carers Forum offers support to all unpaid carers over 18 living or caring in the City of York area. They meet regularly and holds many social events for carers. The forum:

provides a focus across all care groups
promotes carers needs
gathers and shares information for carers
identifes carers needs
works with agencies to develop appropriate services

York LINk

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York LINk logo York Local Involvement Network (LINk) gives everyone in York the opportunity to influence local health and social care services. They can help local people, groups and organisations to influence key decision makers within the local NHS, the City of York Council and organisations who provide our health and social care services.