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Carer organisations

On this page you will find links for local carer organisations.

Carers’ rights and support services

By law, carers are entitled to a carers’ assessment by their local authority.

This should help carers understand what financial and emotional support is available and also offer details around community-based support groups offering extra help and support.

Carer contact details for Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton on Tees

Additionally, charities and organisations outside of the hospital may be able to help and support you and your family.

Social care and support guide

Carers Together

Carers Together Foundation is an organisation dedicated to improving carers’ quality of life.

It can be a worrying time when the person you look after is in hospital. You may be concerned about how you will look after them when they return home.

The carers information and support service in hospitals is on hand to support you before, during and after a patient’s discharge from hospital, to ensure that you can take on, or continue, your caring role.

The service can help with any issues carers may face, including finances, health problems, housing, training, employment, taking a break from caring or concerns about the person they care for.

Contact Carers Together for more information:

Support for carers of patients in hospital

Contact details

We Care you Care

If you are a carer, it’s important to know your rights and the support available to you.

We Care You Care offers practical information about:

  • What being a carer involves
  • Guidance on your rights
  • Helpful resources and details of local support services that can help you manage your caring role.

Carers have the option to subscribe to a fortnightly We Care You Care e-bulletin to stay in the know about unpaid care across the South Tees area.

Additional carer support

Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland

Teesside Mind

Teesside Mind support carers and families across South Tees. They are there for you when the person you care for is in hospital and when they’re at home.

Their support gives you space to focus on your own wellbeing, which in turn helps the person you care for. They can offer:

  • One-to-one emotional support
  • Helping you plan for current and future needs
  • Support contacting professionals
  • Information and advice
  • Support groups and wellbeing workshops
  • Practical carers coaching

Contact details

The Junction Foundation

Young Carers Service and Young Adult Carers Service (Next Steps),

Young carers are children and young people aged 5 to 25 years who take on, share or are impacted on by a caring role for another family member. The Junction Foundation aim to limit any impact of caring on the lives of children and young people.

They can offer:

  • Whole Family Support
  • One to one support for young carers and families
  • Transition to adulthood support for Young People aged 16 to 25 (Next Steps)
  • Social activities to build skills, reduce social isolation, build peer networks and self-belief

Contact details

Email us: [email protected]

Stockton on Tees

Stockton on Tees Adult Carers Support Service

This service supports adult carers (over 18) in Stockton-on-Tees who care for another adult (over 18). They offer assistance to carers to:

  • Help them identify their own needs.
  • Put plans in place to make sure they are preserving their own health and wellbeing
    connect to other local services as appropriate.

Contact details

Eastern Ravens

Eastern Ravens offers support for young carers (under 18) living in Stockton on Tees.

Support includes

  • Respite breaks
  • Family support
  • Whole family activities

Contact details

Hartlepool

Hartlepool Carers

Carers service for all age carers, from 5 years plus. The team provide the following services:

  • Provision of information, advice and guidance
  • Signposting to other relevant organisations
  • Carer involvement forums
  • Access to breaks, activities and complimentary therapies
  • Education, Employment and Volunteering Support
  • Targeted Support
  • One to one support, including assistance in accessing services
  • Peer to Peer Support
  • Young Carers Service

Contact details

Regional Online Support

Mobilise

For carers who don’t have the time or prefer not to access support in person or by phone, Mobilise is an online community where unpaid carers can connect, share experiences, and support each other remotely.

Your GP Surgery

Your health and wellbeing are just as important as those you look after. If you don’t prioritise your own care, your ability to help the person you’re caring for can be affected. 

Let your GP know you’re a carer so they can better support you.

Download the GP surgery identification registration form and hand it in or email it to your surgery.