Respite care for adults
- What is respite care?
- Organisations providing short breaks
- Short breaks for people with learning disabilities
The following organisations provide short breaks for carers:
Aashna
Managed by Asian Resource Centre - providing residential respite
care for South Asian older people.
Alzheimer's Society
Providing short breaks for carers of older people with
dementia.
Bangladesh Welfare Association
Providing support and breaks to carers within the Bangladeshi
community.
Carers Information Service
Provides funding for respite care for carers who wish to take
part in training courses relating to their caring role.
Carer to Carer
Providing short breaks for carers.
Children with Disabilities
Providing short breaks for children with severe disabilities
(subject to assessment by a social worker).
Croydon Contacts
Providing supported leisure for people with
disabilities/additional needs and their families.
Croydon Crossroads
Providing 48 hour breaks/carer respite support. Also provides
short breaks for carers of people with mental health needs and a
Saturday Club for children with disabilities.
Croydon Somali Community Association
Providing short breaks to carers in the Somali community.
Off The Record Young Carers Support Project
This project is for young people from the age of
six (maximum of 18 at point of referral) who look after or help to look
after a family member with an illness, disability or a drug, alcohol or
mental health problem. It offers home visits, information, advice,
advocacy, holiday grants, a volunteer befriending scheme and help with
school issues. There are regular activities, outings and holidays, a
weekly youth club and a learning support club.
Parents in Partnership
Providing short breaks for parents/carers of children with a
disability.
Social Services for adults
Providing short breaks for carers of adults with physical
disabilities as well as to carers of adults with learning
disabilities.
Time Allocation Scheme
For carers of people who receive services from Social
Services.
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Social Services for Adults
- Telephone
- 020 8726 6500
- Minicom
- 020 8760 5797
- Referral.team2@croydon.gov.uk
- Address
- Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon CR9 3JS
- Contact name
- Off The Record Young Carers Support Project
- Telephone
- 020 8649 9339
- Fax
- 020 8686 3472
- jonathanandrew@carerscontactline.co.uk
- Address
- Courtyard House
1d Church Road
Croydon CR0 1SG - Website
- www.carerscontactline.co.uk
- Contact name
- Carers' Information Service
- Telephone
- 020 8649 9339
- Fax
- 020 8686 3472
- helenthompson@carerscontactline.co.uk
- Address
- C/o Carers Contactline
Courtyard House
1d Church Road
Croydon CR0 1SG - Website
- www.carerscontactline.co.uk
- Contact name
- Aashna - managed by Asian Resource Centre
- Telephone
- 020 8684 3784
- arcc@ukgateway.net
- Contact name
- Children with Disabilities
- Telephone
- 020 8760 5768 x63747
- Fax
- 020 8407 1381
- Address
- FR 3rd Floor
Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon CR9 2BA
- Contact name
- Carer to Carer
- Telephone
- 020 8688 7219
- croydoncarerscentre@msn.com
- Address
- 12 Katherine Street
Croydon CR0 1NX
- Contact name
- Alzheimer's Society Croydon
- Telephone
- 020 8662 5955
- laurainerobinson@alzheimerscroydon.freeserve.co.u
k - Address
- Morland Lodge
4 Morland Road
Croydon CR0 6NA - Website
- www.alzheimers.org.uk
- Contact name
- Parents in Partnership
- Telephone
- 020 8651 6198
- daphne-jones@ntlworld.com
- Address
- 26 West Hill
Sanderstead
CR2 0SA
- Contact name
- MENCAP - Young persons youth club
- Department
- MENCAP - Young persons youth club
- Telephone
- 020 8662 9201
- croydonmencap@btclick.com
- Website
- www.croydon.cswebsites.org/section2.aspx?page=5521
- Contact name
- Time Allocation Scheme
- Department
- Time Allocation Scheme
- Telephone
- 020 8760 5463
- Contact name
- Tabernacle of Praise (Restore Project)
- Department
- Tabernacle of Praise (Restore Project)
- Telephone
- 020 8239 6061
- toprestore@aol.com
- Contact name
- Crossroads
- Telephone
- 020 8688 4499
- Fax
- 020 8681 6611
- mail@croydoncrossroads.freeserve.co.uk
- Address
- 410 Brighton Road
South Croydon CR2 6AN - Website
- www.crossroads.org.uk
- Contact name
- Bangladesh Welfare Association
- Telephone
- 020 8667 1126
- bwac786@hotmail.com
- Contact name
- Croydon Somali Community Association
- Telephone
- 020 8665 0921
- Fax
- 020 8665 1972
- csca512@hotmail.com
- Address
- 14 Willis Road
Croydon
CR0 2XX
