Family and Friends

Providing care

Carers Northumberland
Carers Northumberland are a charity dedicated to improving the lives of unpaid carers by responding to their needs, informing them of their rights and entitlements. They can support carers in accessing help for the person they are caring for, reduce their feelings of social isolation and empowering them to have a voice.
Telephone: 01670 320 025
Email: [email protected]

Providing support

When someone you know has sustained a traumatic brain injury, it can be a distressing time for everyone, and it can be difficult to know how to help. Headway shares guidance on some things you can do.

Carer support and benefits

You might not think of yourself as a carer but you probably are if you’re looking after someone regularly, including your spouse or a family member, because they’re ill or disabled. As a carer, you may be entitled to one or more state benefits to help you with the costs. Find out more about support and benefits for carers on the NHS website and carer’s allowance on GOV.UK

Supporting children when a parent has had a brain injury

• This booklet, provided by the charity Headway, has been written to offer information and advice on how to support a child when their parent has had a brain injury.
• Early Help is offered everyday by communities, volunteers, charities, children centres, Early Help family workers, schools, and universal and tiered health services.
  
  Early Help is about working with children, young people and their families who would like support. No one ever “has to have” Early Help. Early Help is there to support families at the right time, by the right person and in the right way. It is a consent-based service which involves the whole family and their networks to come up with solutions to any difficulties or challenges experienced at the time. For more information, please see this Information Leaflet for Parents, Carers and Young People