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Free advice about benefits and money, housing options and care and support.

Multi-disciplinary palliative care team providing care for all people with pain and symptoms, and for all those facing death and bereavement. Medical and nursing care at home, advice on assistance with self-care and independence, advice on all aspects of nutrition, financial and social problems, support…

A monthly group for all carers of people living with a mental health condition in Camden. Phone 020 7428 8950 for more information or just drop in. 

Offers information, advice and advocacy; emotional support, including counselling; breaks and social activities; training, including specialist training, e.g. dementia; health checks and workshops; volunteering, carer engagement and groups. In addition support and advocacy services are available on site at the Royal Free, UCH and St…

Camden Carers Voice Camden Carers Voice (CCV) is the forum for all carers and former carers living, working or in Education in Camden, or caring for someone who does. CCV is carer-led, drawing on everyone’s skills, talents and abilities. The group is led by Steering…

CCC’s Counselling Service offers: Appointments Mondays to Fridays, 9am to 5pm, plus one early evening appointment on a Wednesday. One to one counselling, for up to 12 sessions. Group counselling of 12 weekly 90 minute sessions, held on Monday afternoons.

Community based support for older people with problems associated with ageing and mental health in Camden. Deals with assessments, follow-up of discharged patients, co-ordination of care programmes, support of carers etc. Includes community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers.

Daytime National Health Service helpline and webpages to help refer carers to local advice and help. Postcode-based search facility. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Charlie Ratchford Court is a brand new extra care scheme in Chalk Farm. ‘Extra care' is where people with social care needs are supported to live independently in their own flat. The scheme began welcoming its first residents from April 2021. Charlie Ratchford Court, built…

Multilingual helpline for Chinese people on health matters; disability and carers support; internet cafe; walking to health; Hepatitis B screening and vaccination; massage and tai chi for carers; counselling service (Mandarin and Cantonese); Chinese medicine clinic; doctors' advisory service Sun 11am-4pm. Interpreters arranged for hospital…

No local centres but jobcentres and local benefits offices can refer. Benefit enquiry line for general advice and information Phone: 0800 882 200. Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance enquiries 0845 712 3456. Carers' Allowance enquiries 01253 856 123.

Provides information on a range of services for parents, carers, children and young people (up to their 20th birthday). The service also acts as a signpost to national information services, helplines and websites. Information is provided on: childcare, help with childcare costs, health, leisure activities.…

National advice service for older people, their families and carers. Publishes a wide range of guides and fact sheets, available to download from website. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Charity providing information about caring for people dying at home and arranging inexpensive funerals with or without using undertakers. The website has a list of natural burial sites, local services mentioned. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Local authorities have a duty to ensure privately-fostered children are safe and well-cared for, hence private fostering arrangements have to be registered with the authority where the private foster carer lives. Camden Council needs to know about such arrangements to offer support and advice to…

Free self-management courses for people with any long-term health condition resident/GP registered within the borough of Camden. Six-week programme. Sessions last 2-3 hours and are taught by trained lay tutors who themselves live with a long-term condition.