Carers' Support Canterbury, Dover & Thanet - Forum Sandwich, Kent 2013

• published: 19 Dec 2013
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Carers' Support - Canterbury, Dover & Thanet This video is about... A Carer is someone who, without payment provides help and support to a relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help due to physical or mental illness, addiction or disability. Becoming a Carer can happen to anyone at any time and affects people from all cultures and of all ages. Carers' Support — Canterbury, Dover & Thanet provide access to support, information and services for Carers in the Canterbury, Dover and Thanet areas. Carers' Support - Canterbury, Dover & Thanet is a registered charity, set up in 2001. The organisation is overseen by a board of Trustees. We are a founder member of the East Kent Carers' Consortium. The East Kent Carers' Consortium has been commissioned by KCC to deliver Carer's Assessment and Support Services across East Kent. In this video Information Stands Age UK ARRCC (Activities, Respite, Rehabilitation Care Centres) Avante Beauty Therapist Sara Woodcock The Consortium Crossroads Disability Information Services Kent (DISK) and Arthritis Care District Partnership Group Dover District Disability Association Family and Social Care (KCC) Gateway Headway Hi Kent, support for Deaf & hard of hearing Intouch/Family Mosiac KCA Drug, Alcohol & Mental Health Services Kent & Medway Commissioning Support Unit Kent Fire Vulnerable Person's Liaison Officer Rethink Mental Illness NHS Community Health Trust Intermediate Care Team Shepway Life Line VAWK (Voluntary Action Within Kent) Young Carers Volcare Heath and Social Care Question and Answer Panel Tricia Cole, C.E.O. Karen Edmunds, Head of Public and Patient Engagement Sue Gratton, Associate Partner KMCS Emma Hanson, Head of Strategic Commissioning - Community Support Joy Marshall, Dementia Matron Val Prosser, Chartered Legal Executive  Workshops Carers' Support -- Canterbury, Dover & Thanet Angel Training Furley Page Solicitors MHCO