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Ailish McRedmond

Clerical Assistant and Receptionist
Children and Young People’s Strategy

Southampton City Council consultation on draft strategy to support children and young people to get a good start in life and be safe, healthy and happy. The consultation closes on Sunday 12 December 2021.
Linda Bray

Specialist Carer Support Worker for Learning Disability, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment and Older Adults
Patients as partners 2

University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is inviting feedback from anyone who has had or is waiting for surgery at UHS via an online listening event at 10.30 on Friday 8 October

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Leonard Cheshire's Can Do

Can Do is a skills development programme for individuals aged 16-35 with a disability or long term health condition.
Freddie and the Flying High Kick

A Portsmouth parent carer, Adelle Spindlove, has published a children's picture book on #disability and #inclusion called Freddie and the High Flying Kick. Click for more details.
Enable Ability

An independent charity providing a range of services for people with mild, moderate and severe disabilities for ages from 5 to 65 in the Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire areas.
Silvercloud Health

Free online CBT to help people cope with impact of COVID. Modules on money worries, relaxation, grief and loss, coping in challenging times and mindfulness
AccessAdvisr

AccessAdvisr provides a platform for disabled people to rate and review accessibility (or otherwise) different places and transport stops.
Abscent

AbScent is a UK registered charity supporting people with the distressing effects of smell loss.
Managing dysphagia or swallowing difficulties

Free dysphagia e-learning training
Mental health resources

Southampton City Community Learning Disability Team have provided these useful resources for helping with mental health
Information about COVID-19 in different languages

Videos explaining important information about COVID-19 in different languages

Carers Cards

Save you money out and about and recognise your caring role
Carers Assessments

Carers assessments evaluate your need for support and services and eligibility for a personal wellbeing payment
Contact us

How to get in touch with us
Current newsletter

The most recent newsletter from Carers in Southampton listing the latest events and services from service providers, updates to legislation and benefits and consultations on issues relevant to carers
Assisted Shopping - Sainsbury's Shop On-line and Telephone Service

Sainsbury's Assisted Shopping scheme helps people who are housebound, cannot travel to the shops or cannot manage online shopping by allowing them to make shopping orders over the telephone. You can access this service by calling 0800 328 1700, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.
What we offer

Click to find quick links for support workers, carers cards, emergency plans and carers assessments
Emergency planning

Guidance on writing a plan for someone else to follow if something unexpected happens to you or if you are unable to carry on with your caring role due to a hospital stay, overseas family event etc.
Refer someone else

We are open to referrals of adult unpaid carers for support, information, carers cards, emergency plans and statutory carers assessments.
Is our service for you?

Our service is for adults who provide unpaid care and support to a family member or friend who has a disability, illness, mental health condition, or who needs extra help as they grow older. It isn’t someone who volunteers or is employed to provide support.
Club night for adults with learning disabilities

A club night especially for adults with learning disabilities at The Edge

Summer Newsletter 2021

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