Tameside Carers Centre was opened in March 1995 to provide a wide range of services to Carers of people living in the Tameside area. A Carer is a person who looks after, or helps to look after, a relative, neighbour or friend who is disabled, sick or elderly. A Carer takes on this role for many reasons, but it is not as part of any contract of employment. It doesn't matter where the Carer lives as long as the person they care for lives in the Tameside area. The centre has information on disabilities and illnesses which may give Carers a better understanding of the problems they face on a day to day basis.
Information is kept on services and schemes in local authority, private and voluntary services.
The centre can help Carers access the services they might need. Advice and assistance with filling in benefit forms is also offered. We can help Carers to arrange holidays which meet their needs and their pocket. Where there is a need, we can help with applications for funding of holidays too. Because each Carer's information need is different, we keep a wide range of information which is constantly being added to as requests come into the centre.