Carers Leeds operates the single point of access for adult carers and parent carers in Leeds offering information, advice and support.

We work in partnership with others including health and social care, third sector organisations and employers to deliver our service and improve support for carers across the city.

Support for Carers

Carers Leeds provides information, advice and support to all unpaid adult and parent carers across Leeds.

Support For Employers

Discover how we help employers support carers in their teams.

Carers Leeds accepts referrals from professionals and self-referrals from carers. We aim to respond to referrals from professionals within 5 working days. This is usually a phone call to the carer for an initial conversation, unless a carer would like to be contacted in another way.

Professional Referral Form

Carer Awareness Training

Carers Leeds provides carer awareness sessions for social workers, staff working in primary care, community healthcare and Leeds hospitals and colleagues working in third sector organisations

Our basic session last an hour, but we can offer longer or bespoke sessions. We are always willing to discuss the needs of a particular audience or team. In some instances there may be a charge for the training we provide but, in most cases, our basic training is delivered free of charge.

10 June 2025   —   10:30 – 12:00

Carer Awareness Training – In Partnership with Family Action

Online

Carers Assessment Training

Carers aged over 18, who provide regular unpaid care for someone, are entitled to an assessment of their own needs regardless of whether or not the person they care for has had a needs assessment. We work with Leeds City Council to deliver training about Carers Assessments.

Attending your team meetings

We welcome the opportunity to talk to teams and organisations about the work we do. This could be a 10-15 minute information slot at your team meeting, delivered virtually or face-to-face, with the offer of a longer session if needed.

Carers Leeds hosts two Carer Champion network meetings; one for Carer Champions working in Adult Social Care and one for Carer Champions in primary care.

Meetings are held every 2-3 months and can be virtual or face-to-face. The aim of both networks is to share best practice, exchange ideas and keep up to date with what’s happening at Carers Leeds.

Carers Leeds is working towards delivering more of its services from community bases across the city. We recognise that Leeds is a diverse city and carers living and working in different localities may prefer to receive services in different ways.

We are always keen to develop partnerships with other organisations and look at whether we can provide 1-1 support, groupwork or training to carers from community venues.

Information Resources

We have a range of printed materials available to professionals. You can print copies of our leaflets, posters or reports. We can also send you limited numbers of printed copies, if needed. We can send you display materials for a noticeboard or provide information packs for you to give out to carers.

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We encourage all professionals to sign up to our monthly newsletter. You can find out more about our latest news, groups and events.