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Carers' Grant
The Carers’ Grant is an annual fund made available by Department of Health to support Carers in the UK. It was introduced in 1999. Each local authority receives a proportion of this funding which is then used to fund a range of services that respond to the needs of carers. The main focus of the Carers Grant is to provide breaks to carers from their caring role.
Richmond Council for Voluntary Service administers a large proportion of the grant the grant on behalf of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and Chairs the quarterly Carers Grant Panel meetings. The Carers Grant Panel consists of representatives from the local authority and the voluntary sector, all of whom have experience of carer related issues.
In 2005/06 the amount of funding available was £617,000. In 2006/07 the amount is £600,000.
In 2005/06 the following organisations were allocated funding by the Carers Grant Panel:-
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A new initiative that is being funded is the Carers Voucher Scheme, which provides vouchers to carers who are eligible following a carers assessment. Carers then have the freedom to redeem these vouchers against a wide range of service providers.
If you are a carer or would like to find out more about carer services you can contact :
Richmond Carers Centre,
mail: 88 Queens Road, Twickenham, TW1 4ET,
phone : : 020 8744 3900,
email: info@richmondcarers.org.
www: : http://www.carers.org/richmond
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If you would like to find out more about the Carers Grant please contact Melissa Watson, Richmond Council for Voluntary Service, 1 Princes Street, TW9 1ED. Tel: 020 8255 8500.
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