Advice for carers
We offer a range of information to help support you in your caring role and improve your wellbeing.
Register for support
If you are an unpaid carer providing care for an adult or a child, please register below. We will contact you to discuss what support we can offer.
Register nowAdvice for carers
Am I a Carer?
If you help someone regularly because they’re ill or disabled, or can’t manage without your support, you may be a carer.
Legal and carers’ rights
Know your rights to access support that may be essential to your caring role and how to manage other people’s affairs.
Money and benefits
Claiming benefits that you, and the person you care for, are entitled to and other money matters.
Practical support
Help in your home, Blue Badges, residential care, emergency planning and paying for care.
Looking after yourself
Get help with keeping yourself well, courses and groups, and life after caring.
Getting a break
Time away from being a carer, planning accessible day trips and holidays, Carers Break Service.
Work and learning
Get help with keeping yourself well, courses and groups, and life after caring.
Other sources of advice and support
Find other organisations and services that could be useful to you.
Contact CarersLine
CarersLine is a confidential phone and email information and support service for carers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire for you to ask questions or talk about any concerns about your caring role.
0117 965 2200
Mon to Fri: 10 am – 1 pm Mon to Thurs: 2 pm – 4 pm
(Closed on Bank Holidays)
carersline@carersbsg.org.uk
