Useful local and national contacts Advocacy Swan Advocacy Hi-point, Thomas Street, Taunton TA2 6HB Tel: 0333 344 7928 Email: somerset@swanadvocacy.org.uk Web: www.swanadvocacy.org.uk/somerset Carers Somerset Carers Service Tel: 0800 316 8600 Text: ‘Carer’ to 78070 Email: carers@somersetrcc.org.uk Web: www.somersetcarers.org Carers UK The voice of carers. Tel: 0808 808 7777 Web: www.carersuk.org Carers Trust The UK’s largest provider of comprehensive carers support services. Email: info@carers.org Web: www.carers.org My Family, Our Needs The lifestyle site for families, carers and practitioners supporting children and young adults with additional needs. Web: www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk Dementia Alzheimer’s Society The UK’s leading care and research charity for people with this disease. Alzheimer’s Society runs memory cafés and Singing for the Brain groups throughout Somerset for carers and the people they care for. Dementia Connect support line: 0333 150 3456 Web: www.alzheimers.org.uk
only about your illness but also the best services for you in Somerset. Tel: 01458 251541 Email: somersetDAS@alzheimers.org.uk Web: www.dementiasomerset.org.uk Direct Payments Enham Somerset Direct Payments Advisory Service. Enham Trust, Enham Place, Enham Alamein, Andover SP11 6JS Tel: 01264 345800 Email: info@enhamtrust.org.uk Web: www.enhamtrust.org.uk Disabilities Compass Disability Services An organisation of disabled people working through consultation, representation, research and service provision to improve access to all services and facilities. 11-12 Belvedere Trading Estate, Taunton TA1 1BH Tel: 01823 282823 Text: 07568 109960 Minicom: 01823 255919 Email: info@compassdisability.org.uk Web: www.compassdisability.org.uk Disabled Living Foundation National charity providing advice on mobility and disability aids, and daily living equipment. Tel: 0300 999 0004 Web: www.dlf.org.uk
Somerset Dementia Adviser Service The Somerset Dementia Adviser Service can tell you where to find the information you need, not Visit www.carechoices.co.uk for further assistance with your search for care
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