Carers Outreach (Carers Trust Network Partner) will deliver direct grants via vouchers including for food, fuel, winter support items and white goods purchased directly with local suppliers and provide a range of services to support unpaid carers with the cost of living crisis including financial reviews and benefits checks while also expanding counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions available to unpaid carers across Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy.

Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) will provide direct grants in response to identified need for carers who are experiencing extreme financial hardship across Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys and Wrexham and will deliver workshops and increase telephone and outreach support services giving carers access to financial information and sign posting to specialist money advice services. The organisation will also provide counselling/therapy sessions for young and young adult carers in the area.

Follow Your Dreams will build on its successful ME TIME project to offer a range of health and wellbeing sessions for carers of people with learning and other disabilities across a range of local authority areas in South East Wales (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil).

NEWCIS (Carers Trust Network Partner) will provide direct grants, food parcels and vouchers, winter boxes providing warm products such as gloves, socks, blankets, window wrap, draft excluders, energy and nutritional information and deliver a series of Financial Resilience Courses and provide access to counselling services for unpaid carers living in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.

Newport City Council is the main deliverer of a direct grants service, expanding their existing grants service, providing access to supermarket vouchers, leisure memberships with Newport Live, IT support and open grants to enable choice and respond to need to support unpaid carers with the cost of living crisis across Newport.

Race Equality First will deliver advocacy support, advice, guidance, access to grants for essential items including food and clothing, activities and opportunities to socialise to carers from ethnic minority communities in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

The Care Collective is the main deliverer of a direct grants service across a range of local authority areas in South East Wales (Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil) focussing on alleviating cost of living pressures, improving carers quality of life, enhancing carers physical and mental wellbeing and helping them to achieve their own ambitions and supporting the resilience of carers to continue in their caring role.

Carers Support Fund Wales Programme

Q: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is the main deliverer of both a direct grants service open to all unpaid carers across the county and carer support services and opportunities for young adult and adult carers focussing on money management, housing, education and career pathways.

Q: Bridgend Carers Centre

Bridgend Carers Centre (Carers Trust Network Partner) will deliver a Financial Resilience Project which will offer direct access to debt advice and money management to support unpaid carers with the cost of living crisis in Bridgend. The project will also deliver direct grants for the provision of a range of items including white goods and household items, food, clothing, IT and mobile phone equipment.

Q: Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales

Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales (Carers Trust Network Partner) will provide direct grants for a broad range of items including food vouchers, white goods and electrical objects and deliver a Money Matters Project which will provide carers with access to a Benefits Adviser and Financial Wellbeing Officer to support unpaid carers who are facing financial hardship in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.

Q: Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads

Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) will provide direct grants for a broad range of items including food vouchers, white goods, clothing and sensory equipment and deliver flexible support services to meet carers needs via three Wellbeing and Inclusion Officers providing face to face meetings, online and via telephone support in Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham.

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Carers Trust is delighted to announce the additional support that unpaid carers in every local authority area across Wales can now access via the Carers Support Fund programme.

Funded by Welsh Government, the Carers Support Fund will provide additional services and grant funding to support unpaid carers who are experiencing financial hardship due to the cost-of-living crisis and ongoing impact of the pandemic.

Detailed below is information on the local organisations funded to support carers as part of this programme. Applications from individual unpaid carers to the Carers Support Fund should be made directly to the local provider.

Questions about the Carers Support Fund should be directed to wales@carers.org.

Local Authority Area	Services and/or Grants Available	Provider Name	Contact details
Blaenau Gwent	Direct grants and services Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Blaenau Gwent Council 01495 311556 Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Bridgend	Direct grants and services Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Bridgend Carers Centre (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Bridgend Carers Centre enquiries@bridgendcarers.co.uk 01656 658479 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Caerphilly	Direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers)	The Care Collective Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Cardiff	Direct grants Services and direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers) Services only	The Care Collective Race Equality First Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner) Ray of Light Cancer Support	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Race Equality First 029 2048 2607 info@raceequalityfirst.org.uk Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631 Ray of Light Cancer Support 07971 349703 contactus@rayoflightwales.org.uk
Carmarthenshire	Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales 0300 0200 002 info@ctcww.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Ceredigion	Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Credu carers@credu.cymru 01597 823800 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Conwy	Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers) Services and direct grants	Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner) Carers Outreach (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Credu carers@credu.cymru 01597 823800 Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631 Carers Outreach 01248 370797 help@carersoutreach.org.uk
Denbighshire	Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	NEWCIS (Carers Trust Network Partner) Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	NEWCIS enquiries@newcis.org.uk 01352 752525 Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk Credu carers@credu.cymru 01597 823800 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Flintshire	Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) NEWCIS (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk NEWCIS enquiries@newcis.org.uk 01352 752525 The Honeypot Honeypot \| UK Children's Charity info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Gwynedd	Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers) Services and direct grants	Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner) Carers Outreach (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631 Carers Outreach 01248 370797 help@carersoutreach.org.uk
Isle of Anglesey	Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) Carers Outreach (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk Carers Outreach 01248 370797 help@carersoutreach.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Merthyr Tydfil	Direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers)	The Care Collective Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Monmouthshire	Direct grants Services only Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers)	The Care Collective The Young Carers Service in Monmouthshire County Council Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Monmouthshire County Council +44 1291 691383 / 07855 977450 AllisonWestlake@monmoutshire.gov.uk The project awarded is going to be advertised through various channels including Gwent Associations of Voluntary Organisations (GAVO), via Monmouthshire Local Authority’s in-house Communications Team and their existing mail shots and in the quarterly Carers Network newsletters, the Young Carers newsletter and notice boards in schools. The only one of these communication methods that has a website is GAVO. We are the at the stage of booking venues, once confirmed, we will produce a poster / flyer (along with the young carers themselves) and then this will be circulated via the channels mentioned. It is only at this point I could give you the details of where it will be advertised within the GAVO website (www.gavo.org.uk). Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Neath Port Talbot	Direct grants and services Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Swansea Carers Centre (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Swansea Carers Centre admin@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk 01792 653344 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Newport	Direct grants Services Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Newport City Council Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Newport City Council Community Connector Team: 01633 235650 community.connectors@newport.gov.uk Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Pembrokeshire	Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales 0300 0200 002 info@ctcww.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Powys	Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Credu carers@credu.cymru 01597 823800 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Rhondda Cynon Taff	Direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants Services only	The Care Collective Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner) Ray of Light Cancer Support	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631 Ray of Light Cancer Support 07971 349703 contactus@rayoflightwales.org.uk
Swansea	Direct grants and services Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Swansea Carers Centre (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Swansea Carers Centre admin@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk 01792 653344 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Torfaen	Services and direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Torfaen County Borough Council Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Torfaen County Borough Council 01495 762200 (Carer support team) carersupport@torfaen.gov.uk Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631
Vale of Glamorgan	Direct grants Services and direct grants Services only Services and linked service grants Services only	The Care Collective Race Equality First Follow Your Dreams The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner) Ray of Light Cancer Support	The Care Collective contact@thecarecollective.wales 01495 769996 Race Equality First 029 2048 2607 info@raceequalityfirst.org.uk Follow Your Dreams WhatsApp: 07493 444182 admin@followyourdreams.org.uk The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631 Ray of Light Cancer Support 07971 349703 contactus@rayoflightwales.org.uk
Wrexham	Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and direct grants Services and linked service grants (young carers)	Carers Trust North Wales Crossroads (Carers Trust Network Partner) Credu (Carers Trust Network Partner) NEWCIS (Carers Trust Network Partner) The Honeypot Children’s Charity (Carers Trust Network Partner)	Carers Trust North Wales 01492 542212 alison.jones@ctnw.org.uk Credu carers@credu.cymru 01597 823800 NEWCIS enquiries@newcis.org.uk 01352 752525 The Honeypot info@honeypot.org.uk 020 7602 2631

Please see below for summary details of what each provider is delivering for carers in their area:

Carers Support Fund Wales Programme

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