Do you provide unpaid care and support?

Anyone can become a carer. Carers come from all walks of life, all culture and can be any age. Many people don't recognise themselves as carers, but they look after people with with an illness, disability, Mental health problem, learning disability or addition or are parent carers.

The social services and well-being act (Wales 2014 gives the right to carers as those they care for. Carers have a right to their own needs assessment. This is a conversation about matters to you and how you can best be supported in your caring role, including services if appropriate. It doesn't matter how much care you are providing or intend to provide, you can still ask for carer's assessment.

There are 5 local authority areas working in partnership with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and 3rd sector organisations to support carers across the Gwent region. Each local authority provides a varied range of support to carers in their area.

To contact carers support in your area see below for details-

Blaenau Gwent

IAA Team

01495 315 700

ww.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

Monmouthshire

Monmouth/ Usk/ Raglan

01600 773 041

Abergavenny

01873 735 885

Chepstow/ Caldicot

01291 635 666

www.monmouthshire.gov.uk

Torfaen

01495 762 200

www.torfaen,gov.uk

Email: calltorfaen@torfaen.gov.uk

Caerphilly

IAA Team

08081 002 500

www.caerphilly.gov.uk/carers

carers@caerphilly.gov.uk

Newport

Carer Connectors

Newport Support Partnership

01633 656 656

01633 235 650

01633 744 592

ww.newport.gov.uk/carers

communityconnector@newport.gov.uk

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

www.aneurinbevanhb.wales.nhs.uk

In addition the following are useful organisations that can offer support across the region:

www.carersuk.org

www.carerswales.org

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