NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

Are you a carer?

Are you looking after someone with any illness, disability or, through frailty, are unable to manage without support?

If so, then you are a carer

Carers are:

• relatives, partners, friends or neighbours
• any age
• unpaid

Many people will not see themselves as a ‘carer’ but rather husband, wife, son, daughter, friend  and therefore do not access the support available to them.

Support available

Help is available locally. Carers Support West Sussex provides a range of services to support you in your caring role:

• Information and Advice
• Specialist Support (including for older age fraility or physical condition, short-term memory loss or dementia, learning difficulties including Asperger's and Autism, parent carers, mental health, drug and alcohol issues, and young adult carers)
• Help if you are worried
• Support to stay well and have time out
• Local events and opportunities to meet other carers

Contact Carers Support

Call Carers Support on 0300 028 8888
Or email info@carerssupport.org.uk

They also have three main offices across West Sussex.

Crawley Office

The Orchard
1-2 Gleneagles Court
Brighton Road
Crawley RH10 6AD

Littlehampton Office

Dove Lodge Community Resource Centre
49 Beach Road
Littlehampton BN17 5JG

Worthing Office

Methold House
North Street
Worthing
West Sussex BN11 1DU

Other useful links

• Carers Direct
• Carers Trust
• Carers UK
• Counselling Directory - a confidential service that provides help and information for people in distress and a directory to help individuals find a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist in their local area, as well as articles, news, and events.