Carers
Who are carers?
Carers are adults and children who take care of adults or of disabled children. They are unpaid. The caring role is stressful, often 24/7, and can be isolating. Carers provide care to people who are ill, frail or living with a disability and who cannot manage without them. Carers look after partners, spouses, family members, friends or neighbours.
The cared-for person must live in Haringey, although carers may live inside or outside the borough.
If you are a carer, you're not alone. According to the 2001 census, there are approximately 16,000 carers in Haringey.
There are around 1,000 carers on the Haringey register.
|Back to topHow we help carers
If you are an unpaid carer, you have the right to a carer's assessment. This will give you the opportunity to discuss any help you need with caring and maintaining your own health and well-being.
We aim to support carers in Haringey to care and to live a better life. We do this by working in partnership with the health service to deliver a wide range of services and advice.
Use the navigation links on the left of this page to find out how carers can get an assessment of their needs and extra support with their caring responsibilities.
For more information about services, advice and support for carers, you can download a copy of: The Essential Guide for Carers in Haringey.
| Filename | Filetype | Size |
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| Essential Guide for Carers in Haringey | 764K |
Active Card for Unpaid Carers
The Active Card is Haringey’s Leisure Pass. Registered carers can apply for an Active Gold Card which gives free admission to all Haringey Leisure Centres when supporting the person they look after to use the facilities. Terms and conditions apply for certain activities. For more information, you can download a copy of the Active Card for Unpaid Carers information leaflet.
| Filename | Filetype | Size |
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| Active card for unpaid carers | 28KB |
For more information or advice, contact:
Service Support Officer
Carers Team, Social Services
40 Cumberland Road
London Borough of Haringey
Tel: 020 8489 3967
Email: carers@haringey.gov.uk
Further information
Use the navigation links from this page, or take a look at our leaflet, Caring for Carers:
| Filename | Filetype | Size |
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| Caring for Carers leaflet | 223K |
You can download translations of this leaflet from the Attached Files section below. If you need the information in other languages, we would be happy to provide these.
|Back to top| Filename | Filetype | Size |
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caring for carers-albanian.pdf  | 51K | |
| caring for carers-bengali.pdf | 144K | |
| caring for carers-french.pdf | 35K | |
| caring for carers-gujurati.pdf | 83K | |
| caring for carers-hindi.pdf | 358K | |
| caring for carers-kurdish.pdf | 74K | |
| caring for carers-punjabi.pdf | 79K | |
| caring for carers-somali.pdf | 43K | |
| caring for carers-turkish.pdf | 98K | |
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Useful External Links
The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links
- Princess Royal Trust for Carers
- Carers Information: click on Carers Profiles to find information that may be useful to you
- Carers UK (formerly Carers National Association)
- Disability Benefits Information: www.direct.gov.uk/disability
- Benefits for Carers: www.direct.gov.uk/carers
Update MePage Last Updated: 15 June 2009
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- Jobs and careers
