It’s important to support yourself while caring for someone else.
As a family member or carer, it can be difficult and worrying when someone you care about is experiencing mental ill health. Sometimes we need a little extra support and a reminder to look after ourselves too.
It can feel lonely and isolating caring for someone, but you are not alone. We know that people are often doing the very best they can at a difficult time and our family and carers support service is here to help.
We will contact you shortly after receiving your referral and speak with you to understand the problems or concerns that you are facing.
It is important to us that we build a relationship of trust with you. We will get to know you so the support we provide meets your unique needs and those of your family.
We will work directly with you to provide tailored one-to-one support based on your unique needs.
You will receive up to 8 sessions, normally provided by one member of the team, which can be delivered remotely or in-person at our centre. We do recommend having at least some in-person sessions as these can be very helpful.
Please note that there may be a waiting list for this service.
We also offer support groups and courses.
During any times when our groups or education courses cannot run, one-to-one support will be offered instead.
If you are unsure if this is the right service for you, please get in touch and we will do our best to find the right type of support and point you in the direction of other organisations if required.
Click ‘need support’ to fill in our referral form and a member of our team will be in touch to arrange an appointment. If you are making a referral for someone else, please make sure that they have given their consent.
We feel so lucky to have such wonderful supporters at FDAMH and we’re excited to share some of their amazing stories!
