FUNDED BY THE BIG LOTTERY FUNDFUNDED BY THE BIG LOTTERY FUND

NEWCIS Opening Doors for NEWCIS Opening Doors for CarersCarers

Lead Agency Lead Agency NEWCIS/DVSCNEWCIS/DVSC

•Flintshire Advocacy Flintshire Advocacy ServiceService

•Flintshire County Flintshire County CouncilCouncil

•Clwyd Alyn Housing Clwyd Alyn Housing AssociationAssociation

•Windmill Day ServiceWindmill Day Service

Statutory,Private and Statutory,Private and Voluntary Sector working Voluntary Sector working together.together.

Opening Doors For Opening Doors For CarersCarers1. All Carers receive an individual 1. All Carers receive an individual star assessment of their needs.star assessment of their needs.

•Support to access information, day care, Support to access information, day care, respite breaks, Carer support groups, respite breaks, Carer support groups, counselling, volunteer opportunities and counselling, volunteer opportunities and access to an independent advocate.access to an independent advocate.

•Plus NEWCIS general service-For Plus NEWCIS general service-For example-employment and education example-employment and education facilitator, social opportunities etc.facilitator, social opportunities etc.

Opening Doors for Carers Opening Doors for Carers

2 .Carer Advocate 2 .Carer Advocate ServiceService

3. Windmill Day Service3. Windmill Day Service

4. Counsellor4. Counsellor

Judith KeefeJudith Keefe

5. Short Respite 5. Short Respite BreaksBreaks

at at Llys Eleanorat at Llys Eleanor

RURAL AND COASTAL RURAL AND COASTAL AREASAREAS

•To encourage To encourage referrals from these referrals from these areas of Flintshire to areas of Flintshire to create a more create a more equitable service for equitable service for Carers.Carers.

6. New Male Carer Group6. New Male Carer Group

•To provide a new Male Carer To provide a new Male Carer group for Carers living in group for Carers living in Coastal/Rural areas of Flintshire. Coastal/Rural areas of Flintshire.

•To reduce social isolation and To reduce social isolation and enable Carers to maintain their enable Carers to maintain their caring role.caring role.

7. Long Term Conditions 7. Long Term Conditions GroupGroup

•Launch 24Launch 24thth October at the October at the

Stamford Gate Hotel, Holywell. Stamford Gate Hotel, Holywell. 1.30-3.30pm1.30-3.30pm

•for Carers living in Coastal/Rural for Carers living in Coastal/Rural areas of Flintshire. areas of Flintshire.

8.Volunteer 8.Volunteer OpportunitiesOpportunities

•For Carers and ex Carers to help For Carers and ex Carers to help develop the project and create develop the project and create sustainable opportunities for sustainable opportunities for Carers living in Flintshire.Carers living in Flintshire.

•To reduce the social isolation for To reduce the social isolation for those Carers living in the rural those Carers living in the rural areas of Flintshireareas of Flintshire