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Carers

• Contact a Family
  Every day over sixty children in the UK are born or diagnosed with a serious disability and the vast majority of them are cared for at home. Contact a Family (CaF) is the only UK charity providing support and advice to parents whatever the medical condition of their child.
  
  
• Mental Health Care
  Mental health information from the Institute of Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Rethink.  The site currently deals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and is particularly suited to carers, friends and family of anyone with a mental illness.
  
  
• Worcestershire Young Carers
  Raising awareness and providing support to Young Carers throughout Worcestershire.
  
  
• Worcestershire Association for Carers
  Worcestershire Association of Carers is run by and for carers. A carer is someone who is looking after a family member, friend or neighbour who is disabled, ill or frail. There are more than 50,000 carers in the whole of Worcestershire and in the region of 10,000 in the Worcester City area.
  
  
• CSV - Voluntary Carers
  CSV is the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. We offer full time volunteering opportunities in the social care sector UK wide
  
  
• Government Information for Carers
  Includes the National Strategy for Carers
  
  

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