Information and support for Carers in Bury

A carer is someone who cares for a family member, friend, or neighbour who could not manage without their support.

A carer may not always live with the person they care for, but their help can often be essential in enabling that person to go on living independently. Whether they require care because of mental illness, disability, health, age, or substance misuse problems.

Caring for someone covers lots of different things, like helping with their washing, dressing, or eating, taking them to regular appointments, or offering emotional support.

Caring for someone who relies on you can impact on your health, finances and quality of life and may become more stressful over time.

What is a Carers Assessment? The Care Act 2014 states any carer who appears to have a need for support should be offered a carers assessment. Don’t be put off by the word ‘assessment’. It is not a test of your abilities as carer. A carer’s assessment is the best way to let your local council know how your caring responsibilities affects you.

The assessor will talk to you about the ways that caring affects your life, including your physical, mental and emotional needs and what could make things better for you.

It will also consider the things you want to achieve in your own day-to-day life, whether you work, or want to work, study or do more socially, along with other important issues, such as whether you are able or willing to carry on caring.

You can have a carers assessment even if the person you care for does not get any help from the council. You don't need the permission of the person you are caring for to request a carer's assessment. You are entitled to ask for one in your own right.

Having a carers assessment will not affect whether or not you receive a carer's allowance .

How to access a Carers’ Assessment

If you are looking after another adult who lives in the borough of Bury, Adult Care Connect and Direct is the first point of contact to access a carers assessment – 0161 253 5151

If the person you care for lives in a different area, you need to contact their local council instead.

Bury Carers' Hub aims to assist all adult carers who support someone 18+ living in Bury. It aims to give carers access to information, advice and a range of support services.

The Bury Carers' Hub is delivered by n-compass. This support service is designed to help carers:

continue in their caring role, for as long as they choose
to reduce the impact that a caring role can have on their own health and wellbeing.

Supporting you, as a carer

Caring for someone who relies on you can impact your health, finances and quality of life, which may become more stressful over time. We might be able to help you if:

you don't get enough sleep
your health is affected
you feel lonely or isolated
you worry about what might happen to the person you care for, if something were to happen to you
you're thinking about giving up work to give you more time to support the person you care for.

If you contact the Bury Carers' Hub, a conversation will be arranged to get to know you and understand your needs as a carer. This will help to organise support that is designed to your individual needs, such as:

specialist one-to-one support
information and advice on a range of carer-related matters
group support
offering support for you to take breaks from caring
befriending and peer support
training opportunities
supporting the diversity of Carers
newsletters about local groups, activities and training, delivered twice a year
online carers community network
wellbeing events and online activities, such as reiki and yoga
volunteer Carers Help and Talk (CHAT) line, available 24 hours, 7 days a week
membership to the closed Bury Carers Hub Facebook group
access to community and Health and Wellbeing services
flexible support options for carers unavailable during the day
volunteering opportunities as 'Friends of Bury Carers'
volunteering opportunities for the CHAT line
carers awareness briefings, for professionals.
Access to Carers UK Digital Resources for Carers
Explore the opportunities offered to Carers through digital solutions

Contact Bury Carers' Hub

Please get in touch to see how we can help you.

Telephone: 0300 303 0207 (calls charged at local rate)
Text: 07786 201226
Email: enquiries@burycarershub.org.uk
Website: n-compass Bury Carers Hub
Online chat: n-compass carers support
Address: FREEPOST, Bury Carers' Hub

n-compass is registered in England and Wales as a Registered Charity. Their charity number is 1128809 and company limited by guarantee number is 06845210.