Carers
Young carers
Adult carers
If you care for someone living in Hammersmith & Fulham we can help you access advice, information and support through the following:
- Customer Information Advisor
- Carers' Support Worker
- Carers' Health Trainers
- Social workers
For information about:
- Carers' support groups which meet at locations across the borough
- Drop in service
- Support group for carers of people with learning difficulties
- Support for carers of people with substance misuse issues
- Support for carers of people with mental health needs
- Working age onset dementia carers' group
- Alternative therapies
- Ex-carers' support group
- Young carer support services
- Health trainer service for carers
- Counselling
- Advocacy
» Download our Adult Carers' Support Services leaflet (pdf 280KB); or
» Visit our adult carers' web page
To find out more contact:
H&F Carer Helpline
Ground floor
145 - 155 King Street
Hammersmith, London W6 9XY
Tel: 020 8753 4616
Freephone: 0800 996 1754
Fax: 020 8753 5880
Email: carersupport@lbhf.gov.uk
Open Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 4.30pm
The H&F Carer Helpline
The helpline is your first point of contact if you need any information or advice about being a carer.
You should also telephone this number if you want to apply for a one off carers' small grant (in most instances carers' small grant applications can be done by telephone) or be referred for a full carers' assessment to access regular packages of care such as respite breaks.
Council information
» Read more about the background to Carers' Support Services August 2010 (pdf 129KB)
» Read about our work in our Carers' Strategy 2005-2010 (pdf 1.5MB)
» Read our support for carers web page
Related information
Links to related information and resources on external websites (all links open in new windows):
» www.caringwithconfidence.com
» www.nhs.uk/carersdirect
» Cared-for support groups website addresses (Word 28KB)