Caring for someone can present challenges and many people find that they need extra help with the care they provide.

Support & Benefits for Carers - NHS official social care and support guide.

Carers Direct – 0808 808 7777

Free, confidential information and advice for carers.

Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines or you can request a free call back.

You can also ask for a call back in one of more than 170 languages.

Cheshire East Carers Hub

The Cheshire East Carers Hub undertakes carer's assessment on behalf of the Council. You can contact the Carers Hub online or by phone (0300 303 0208) to ask for a carers assessment.

Cheshire East Young Carers

A young carer is someone aged 5 to 17 who helps to look after someone in their family who is unwell, disabled, has a special educational need or misuses drugs or alcohol. This may be a sibling, a parent or another family member. They may care for more than one person or even have a condition or SEND themselves. As a young carer you have the right to ask for help through the Cheshire East Young Carers Service.