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Hft's Family Carer Support Service

Hft’s Family Carer Support Service (FCSS) is a free information and support service for family carers with an autistic relative or a relative with a learning disability. To avail of our service, their relative must be aged 16 years or older and living in England.

Location & Contact

Address

FCSS, Hft, 5/6 Brook Office Park
Folly Brook Road
Emersons Green
BS16 7FL
United Kingdom

Phone
0808 8010448
Email
familycarersupport@hft.org.uk
Website

Contact Person

Jo Marie Shanks

About

How can the Family Carer Support Service help you?

We can help in the following ways:

  • Ongoing one-to-one support via telephone and email
  • Email and letter writing
  • Resources designed to simplify complicated topics
  • Bespoke workshops about subjects affecting family carers and their relative
  • Information and guidance with common topics

Common topics include:

  • Adult social care
  • Carers’ rights
  • Personal budgets, direct payments and care packages
  • Financial contributions and disability related expenditure
  • Transition from children’s to adult services
  • The Mental Capacity Act
  • Lasting Power of Attorney, Deputyship, Appointeeship
  • Benefits
  • Planning for the future

Location Map

51.5047759, -2.4840573

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