Unpaid Carers

Contact details for further information and support

Other sources of support can be explored via:

• Carers Support Pembrokeshire (opens in a new tab)
• Carers Wales (opens in a new tab)    
• Hywel Dda University Health Board (opens in a new tab)  
• Adferiad (opens in a new tab)  
• West Wales Support Services - Action for Children (opens in a new tab) 
• Carers Support West Wales | Cymorth Gofalwyr Gorllewin Cymru (opens in a new tab) 
• Connect Pembrokeshire - Supporting Pembrokeshire (opens in a new tab) 
  
• Catalysts for Care Micro-enterprise Directory (opens in a new tab)
  
• Carers Trust (opens in a new tab) 
• Carers UK (opens in a new tab) 
• UCAS (opens in a new tab) 
• Contact a Family (opens in a new tab) is a national organisation for families with disabled children. It provides information and advice through publications and its website. 
• SNAP Cymru (opens in a new tab) provides information and support to the families of children with special educational needs. 
• Looking after someone with dementia - It can be exhausting and lonely looking after someone who has a form of dementia such as Alzheimer’s. There are services that can help both the people suffering from dementia and their carers.
• Hospital Care Admission for details on the Butterfly Scheme
• Dementia Supportive Communities (opens in a new tab)  
• Backcare (opens in a new tab), the charity for healthier backs, provides information about the causes, treatment and management of back pain. They publish a ‘carers guide to safer moving and handling of patients’. 
• Hearing or sight impairment - If you have hearing or sight problems, you may already use special equipment to help you deal with everyday tasks. There is also equipment that can help you in your role as a carer (for example, if you are deaf, you might find a vibrating pager useful to let you know when the person you look after needs help). Adult Care can give advice about equipment that can help you as a carer.

• Children and Families Connector | Pembrokeshire (opens in a new tab)

• ASD Family Help: Teen Club - Pembrokeshire Community Hub (opens in a new tab)
• ASD Family Help: Primary Youth Club for 5-11 years. - Pembrokeshire Community Hub (opens in a new tab)
• Parent Partnership Service - Pembrokeshire County Council
• Home - Pembrokeshire Sibling Group (opens in a new tab)

Finance and benefits

• Carer’s Allowance (opens in a new tab)
• Carer’s Credit (opens in a new tab). 
• Universal Credit: What Universal Credit is - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)
• Money Cares – Citizens Advice Pembrokeshire - advice@pembscab.org or 01437 806070
• Money Matters – Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales (opens in a new tab)