Carers can be wives, husbands, partners, parents, daughters, sons, friends or neighbours who look after a family member or friend who cannot manage alone due to illness or disability.  This includes Young Carers, aged between 8-18 years old

 

Illnesses or disabilities may include physical or learning disabilities, mental health problems, drug or alcohol misuse.

 

Care tasks can include, assisting with personal care, giving         medication, assisting someone to move around or helping with housework or shopping

 

The Carers Centre is based at Trondra Place in Easterhouse,

supporting Carers in the North East of Glasgow.

 

We offer a range of services to Carers, including information and advice, emotional support, a short break service, helping you to have your voice heard, information on benefits or grants which may be available or other money matters and personal development and wellbeing supports.

 

Glasgow North East Carers Centre is part of Glasgow City Carers Partnership, which was launched on 2nd December 2011 and established a universal offer of advice and information to all carers within Glasgow City.

 

The Carer Partnership functions on 2 levels:

·Partnership with unpaid carers who are acknowledged and supported as ‘Key Partners’ in the delivery of Health and Social Care.

 

·Partnership between Social Work Services, NHS Greater   Glasgow & Clyde, condition specific organisations and carer specific organisations such as ourselves, to deliver better outcomes for carers via the Carers Pathway

 

Find out more about the supports and services available by:

·Contacting the Carers Centre on 0141 781 0728, emailing   contact@gnecarerscentre.com, or using our online contact form 

   

·Completing the carer's self referral online - link below

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https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/25856/Carers-Self-Referral

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