Making Space has been supporting carers for over 40Â years
We have seen the changing and ever increasing pressures carers experience and provide valuable support to help.
We have and always will listen to what carers tell us they need and adapt support accordingly.
Do you live in Cheshire East and look after someone?
If so, whether they are a child, parent, family member or friend, you could be entitled to emotional, practical and financial support through the Cheshire East Carers Hub service.
We want to understand how you are doing physically and emotionally. If you reach out to us for support we will explore how we can help you in your caring role now and plan for the future.
We will work with you to find solutions and identify support and resources available to you in Cheshire East.
Our support will be personalised and holistic. With you we will consider all the areas of your life and what is important to and for you. This could include:
- A statutory carer’s assessment
- One to one support
- Peer support and groups
- Activities and carer breaks
- Training both to support you in your caring role and for your own personal development or interests
- Volunteering opportunities
- Referrals and sign posting to our partners
- Opportunities to shape the service we provide
Support for Adult Carers
At Making Space we understand the stress and pressures of being a carer. Our team of professional carer support workers will get to know you and your situation and tailor our services to design a personalised support package.
We can help to provide you with:
- Statutory Carers assessment and reviews
- One to one or group based support
- Peer support
- Access to training to support you in your caring role
- Support to take a break from caring
- Newsletters detailing local groups, activities and courses
- Information, advice and guidance
- Support to access community, health and wellbeing services
- Emergency planning
- An application to the Living Well Fund (subject to eligibility)
- Volunteering opportunities
- We also offer support developing a carer passport for parent or working carers
Support for Young Carers
Cheshire East Young Carers’ Hub helps to ensure that young carers between the ages of 5 and 18 years old are identified and provided with support in their caring role. Young carers tell us that they worry about asking for support in case it upsets the person they care for or they worry about adults thinking that they cannot cope, resulting in the person they care for being taken away from them.
It can also be a bit scary for young carers to practically reach out for support and we want to enable you to contact us in ways you are familiar and comfortable with.
It can be hard to pick up the phone, so young carers can reach out to us by text or email.
What happens next?
One of our young carer support workers, will respond to you using the method that suits you best i.e. text, phone or email and have a chat with you about you and your caring role. You can then together, decide on a plan that will work for you, based on your needs and wishes and also help you talk to other people who can help including teachers, employers and other services.
Text us:
07866821609
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You can also book places by calling 0300Â 303Â 0208 or emailing booking@cheshireeastcarershub.co.uk or text 07866821609
What support is available for Young Carers?
Support will be provided from a dedicated young carers support worker and can include:
- Listen to you and help you to think about what would make a difference through a Young Carers Assessment
- Give you information and training about the illness or disability of the person you care for
- Help to access advice and support for the person you care for
- Help for you to access support in school or college
- Help for you to be listened to and have your voice heard
- Help you to get in touch with other services
- Introduce you to other young carers
- Talk to you about ways in which you can take a break and have some fun by supporting you to access group work and activities
- Regular newsletters full of information and activities
In order to access the groups you need to be registered with the hub already, if you would like to attend but are not registered please refer yourself or ask school.
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To get in touch or to refer to the Carers Hub you can call us or fill out the online form below where one of the team will be waiting to get back to you.
Alternatively you can call us
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Where you can find us
Our teams are based in various community venues across Cheshire East including; Congleton, Crewe, Knutsford, Nantwich, Macclesfield, Handforth, Wilmslow, Sandbach.
We can also provide remote support via telephone and/or video call if you are unable to access a venue and can conduct home visits for carers who cannot engage in any other way.
We want to hear from you so we can help you to look after yourself. Tell us where, when, what and how we can provide support that would make a real difference for you.