Gold ECC Carers Registration Card
The ECC Gold Card can be used as proof that you are a carer registered with Enfield Carers Centre . If you don’t have your gold ECC Carers Registration Card, please contact us on 020 8366 3677, email us a clear head and shoulders “selfie” or send in a passport picture and we’ll make you a card as soon as possible.
Enfield Carers Centre leaflets in community languages for printing
If you would like to print the Enfield Carers Centre information leaflet in a community language, please click the relevant link below.
If you would like to print the Enfield Carers Centre Homecare leaflet in a community language, please click the relevant link below.
If you would like to print the Enfield Carers Centre Counselling leaflet in a community language, please click the relevant link below.
Read our information about how mental health can effect people and Carers and some suggestions for support if you are worried about your mental health.
Read our factsheets and associated publications from other organisations:
Carers and Hospital Discharge Toolkit – NHS London
A Practical Guide to Healthy Caring from NHS
A Carers Guide to Managing Medicines
The Carers UK Looking after someone guide is divided into the following sections: getting help and support, your finances and your work.
The guide includes:
- A carer’s guide: an illustrated introduction to the challenges of caring, from making difficult decisions to looking after your health and wellbeing.
- Benefits: an overview of which benefits you or the person you care for may be entitled to and information about how to get a benefits check.
- Other financial help: including help with council tax, fuel costs, pensions and health costs.
- Practical help: including community care assessment, arranging a carer’s assessment and direct payments.
- Technology: information about health and care technology that could make life easier for you and those you care for.
- Your workplace: your rights at work, from flexible working and parental leave to protection from discrimination.
- Other help: how to find other help nationally and in your local community.
The Carers Trust website has a series of pages which provides tailored advice and information on caring for people with specific conditions.
Conditions covered include: dementia or Alzheimer’s disease; learning disabilities; alcohol or substance misuse issues; and mental health problems.
Ebooks explaining why a parent is in hospital from Our Time – for children of parents with a mental illness.
Different books are available for different age groups.
eBooks explaining why a parent is in hospital | Our Time
Introduction to Citizens Advice Enfield – presentation from the ECC AGM 2019.
MyLife Enfield is Enfield’s Health and Adult Social Care website – MyLife Home
MyLife Enfield can help you, your family members and friends access support to meet your needs and achieve the outcomes that matter to you. From providing information and advice on improving your physical, mental or emotional wellbeing to living as independently as possible in your own home and much more, MyLife Enfield can help you get there.
There is a comprehensive Resource Directory and Events section to help you find services within the borough.
