Advice on what to think about before you start looking into support for yourself as a parent, unpaid carer or young carer. Find out where you can get help.
Find out how to access support for yourself as an unpaid carer or young carer. The process starts with making an Adult Carer Support Plan or Young Carer Statement. These documents look at what your needs are as a carer, and what type of support will help.
Find out about the rules local councils use to decide whether you are able to get formal support for yourself, to help with your caring role.
If you are eligible for support for yourself as an unpaid carer, you may be allocated a budget to pay for the support. Find out how this works.
If you are a carer and you are eligible for formal support for yourself through your local council, you can decide how much control and responsibility you want to have for arranging and managing that support. Find out more about how this works.
Find out about the role of the main professionals and organisations when it comes to organising social care support for unpaid carers and young carers.