Carers
MIND
Advice and guidance with mental health difficulties –
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 (9am-6pm Monday-Friday)
CALM - Campaign Against Living Miserably
Charity supporting males experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts. Open 5pm-midnight daily. #
Telephone: 0800 58 58 58
Website: www.thecalmzone.net.
Social Prescriber
Our Social Prescriber, Toni, is available to talk to confidentially. She will be able to link you with a variety of services available in our community which would help you identify what matters most to you and find solutions to make life better. These may include:
- Befriending, counselling and support groups
- Benefit, housing and financial support
- Training, employment and volunteering
- Education & Learning
- Local Groups & Activities
- Accessing Specialist Services
To refer to Toni, please fill in the form below:
Support for Carers
The law says that a carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who cannot cope without their support. This may be due to illness, disability, addiction or a mental health problem.
Are you a carer under the age of 18? Go to our Young carers page.
Carers in Derbyshire
If you’ve just become a carer, or had an increase in your caring responsibilities, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to getting help and support.
Facebook: @carersinderbyshire
Twitter: @CarersinDerbys
Website: www.carersinderbyshire.org.uk
Derbyshire Mental Health 24/7
24/7 Helpline and Support service for help during a mental health crisis –
Telephone: 0800 02 80 077
Website: www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk
Health Watch Derbyshire
Local and national support services and information for carers in Derbyshire.
Telephone: 01773 880786
Facebook: @HealthwatchDerbyshire
Twitter: @HWDerbyshire
Website: www.healthwatchderbyshire.co.uk
Carers UK
They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.
Telephone: 0808 808 7777
Website: www.carersuk.org
Email: info@carersuk.org
SHOUT
24/7 free, confidential text messaging support service for anyone struggling to cope.
Website: www.giveusashout.org.
SANE
Leave a message with your first name and a contact number and they will call you back, or contact them by email. Further information is available
Email: support@sane.org.uk
Telephone: 07984 967708
at www.sane.org.uk.
PAPYRUS Helpline UK
For people under 35 who have suicidal thoughts and for anybody worried about another young person’s mental health. Open 9am – Midnight daily.
Telephone: 0800 068 4141
Text: 07786 209697
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org.
Mental Health Support for Carers and Non Carers
Trent PTS has been commissioned by your local NHS to provide a range of psychological therapies for anxiety, depression and other common mental health problems. This service is provided to anyone aged 16 and over and is registered with a Derbyshire GP.
Website: www.trentpts.co.uk
Parenting and Carer Support
We offer support to families for seeking foster, temporary care, day care and short-term placements for children, some of whom will be in crisis or in emergency situations. In addition, we also offer recruiting, training and supporting foster carers.
Website: www.derbycitylifelinks.org.uk/parenting-and-carer-support-derby/
Derbyshire Carers Association
Derbyshire Carers Association recognise that the responsibility of caring for someone who cannot manage at home without help often places great physical and emotional strain upon the Carer. Whether you care for someone for a few hours a week or for 24 hours a day, they can offer you a wide range of confidential and independent services, helping you to care.
Telephone: 01663 745500
Facebook: @derbyshirecarers
Twitter: @derbyshirecarer
Wesbite: www.derbyshirecarers.co.uk
Creative Carers
Creative Carers is for people over 18 who look after someone living in Derby (partner, family, member, friend or relative) informally.
Telephone: 01332 22 77 11
Facebook: @creativecarers
Twitter: @CreativeCarers
Website: www.creative-carers.org
Email: creativecarers@gmail.com
Carers Trust East Midlands
Carers Trust East Midlands Carers Services support over 800 family carers and the people they care for across Derbyshire. They offer a flexible, professional care service to people of all ages with a range of health conditions and disabilities.
Telephone: 0115 9628920
Facebook: @CTEastMidlands
Twitter: @CarersTrustEM
Website: www.carerstrustem.org
Email: hello@carerstrustem.org