Useful support links and contacts for carers

We've put together a list of key contacts and organisations that offer support, information and advice for carers.

Wigan Council support pages

• Adults health and social care or call 01942 828777 (24 hours)
• Welfare support and guidance or call 01942 705221
• AWARM - If you struggle to keep warm at home and are living on a low income, with high energy costs or a health condition, support is available
• Bereavement support
• Blue Badges or call 01942 489014
• Children's health and social care or call 01942 828300 (24 hours)
• Community Link Workers or call 01942 836967 – help you find the right support with any social issues affecting your health and wellbeing
• Dementia
• Domestic abuse
• Hearing and vision support (adults)
• Starting Point Plus or call 01942 489011 - A free service to advise and support people aged 50 or over (or under 50 with a disability), and their carers, to access a range of services and organisations so you can live comfortably and independently in your own home
• Wigan Adult Learning and Skills.

Local carer support services

• Age UK Wigan Borough (external link) or call 01942 615880
• Armed Forces HQ (external link) or call 01942 821293
• Crossroads Carer Support Group (external link) or call 07807210913 - A support group for carers run by volunteer carers. The group provides an opportunity to connect with other carers and arrange regular coffee mornings, day trips and weekends away.
• Citizens Advice Wigan Borough (external link) or call 0808 2787801
• Driven- Community Transport (external link) or call 01942 409602
• Embrace (external link) or call 01942 233323
• Greater Manchester Mental Health support for carers, family and friends (external link)
• Greater Manchester Mental Health Crisis Helpline (external link) or call 0800 953 0285
• Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh (external link) or call 01942 834666
• Memory Assessment Services in Wigan (external link) or call 01942 764462
• Pensioners Link Wigan and Leigh (external link) or call 01942 261753
• Stroke Association Wigan (external link) or call 01942 369818
• The Lewy Body Society (external link) or call 01942 914000
• The Royal British Legion Admiral Nurse Service (external link) or call 0333 0114311- A community based Admiral nurse service providing specialist dementia nursing support to the armed forces community
• Think Ahead Stroke (external link) or call 01942 824888
• Think Wellbeing Wigan (external link) or call 01943 764449
• We Are With You Wigan and Leigh (external link) or call 01942 827979 - Drug and alcohol support
• Wigan Alzheimer’s Society (external link) or call 01942 247837 or 0333 150 3456
• Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre (external link)  or call 01942 697885
• Wigan Parent Carer Forum (external link) or call 01942 939668

National support services

• Carers UK (external link)
• Carers Trust (external link)
• Dementia UK (external link) - specialist dementia nursing charity that provides Admiral Nurses, who offer free support and advice to anyone affected by dementia - or call 0800 8886678
• Mobilise (external link) - online support service that harnesses the collective knowledge, and expertise of unpaid carers.