Information for carers

Below are a number of useful links to available support, offered within the community, providing a range of services which carers may find useful.

• Carers Federation: www.carersfederation.co.uk
• Nottinghamshire Carers Association: https://nottinghamshirecarers.co.uk/
• The Pegasus Card (if you have a disability or illness that makes it hard for you to communicate with the police): www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/pegasus
• Eat Well: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/goodfood
• www.countyenterprisefoods.co.uk
• Ask Lion: www.asklion.co.uk
• www.yourhealthnotts.co.uk
• Nottinghamshire County Council: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/care/adult-social-care/adult-social-care-hub/
• www.nottshelpyourself.org.uk
• Age UK - We offer a wide range of services for older people from all communities and backgrounds in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
• www.ageuk.org.uk/notts/

Local Council support:

• www.ashfield.gov.uk
• www.broxtowe.gov.uk
• www.gedling.gov.uk
• www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
• www.rushcliffe.gov.uk

Voluntary Services support:

• www.ashfieldvoluntaryaction.org.uk
• www.nandscvs.org
• www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/
• www.rushcliffecvs.org.uk

Looking after your home:

• Keeping Warm: our specialist Warm and Wise team helps adults living across Nottinghamshire to stay safe, warm and independent in their own homes: www.ageuk.org.uk/notts/our-services/warm-wise-797443a4-a25b-ee11-a81c-000d3aaf34ff/
• Healthy Housing: we deliver a host of practical home energy improvements to people over 60 and families with young children, at risk from cold-related illnesses: www.nottenergy.com/our-services/healthy-housing/
• Help with Water Bills: www.stwater.co.uk
• Safe and Well Guide: Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service: www.notts-fire.gov.uk

 

Support for You:

• Relationships Really Matter – A free online family relationship resource for parents in Nottinghamshire to improve communication skills and manage conflict better: www.oneplusone.org.uk/parents
• Feel Good Gold: For residents in St Ann’s or Sneinton who could benefit from getting together with others for support, advice, activities and a warm lunch: https://assets.practice365.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/1319/2023/09/feel-good-gold.pdf
• Therapy Tuesdays @The Support and Wellbeing Centre (join the 8 week physiotherapy exercise and education programme) www.bassetlawhospice.org
• Virtual Carers Roadshow: Virtual Carers Road Show - YouTube

Autism Support Services:

• Autistic Nottingham - the country’s first entirely Autistic led autism charity, providing services to Autistic adults without intellectual disabilities
• https://autisticnottingham.org/
• Autism East Midlands - We provide a wide range of care, support and educational services to meet the needs of autistic individuals of all ages, and their families and carers.
• www.autismeastmidlands.org.uk/
• Notts Autism Information & Advice Service: www.nottsautisminformation.org.uk

Support Groups and Activities in Nottinghamshire/Nottingham City for Parent Carers of Children and Young People with SEND (Special educational needs and disabilities)

SEND can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. They can affect their: behaviour or ability to socialise, for example they struggle to make friends, reading and writing, for example because they have dyslexia, or their ability to understand things.

• FTM Dance: https://ftmdance.co.uk/nottingham/   
• Look Inside Sensory Learning and Play: https://www.lookinside.org.uk/
• Inclusive Football Sessions: www.nottinghamshirefa.com/ways-to-play/disability
• Red Kangaroo Trampoline Park (Bulwell): www.redkangaroo.co.uk
• Spectrum WASP (Mansfield) - Support for parents with children and young people on the autistic spectrum with disabilities, special and additional needs: www.spectrumwasp.org
• Escape Indoor Play Centre (Giltbrook): www.escapeplay.co.uk
• Newark and Sherwood Autism Group: www.newarkautism.co.uk
• APTCOO (Supporting young people from early years to adulthood. Parent carers support – County wide): www.aptcoo.co.uk
• PHAB Nottingham (Fun activities and days out for mentally and physically disabled children and young adults from the Nottingham area between the ages of 13-18 years) www.phabnottingham.com
• Rainbow Parents Carers Forum: www.rainbowpcf.org.uk/
• Mencap Early Years (from the ages of 5 - 25) www.nottinghammencap.org.uk/early-years