Useful Websites: for Young ‘Mental Health’ Carers www.caringminds.co.uk - Of course our website :) www.youngcarers.net - An online community-style site for young carers of all types. There are advice boards and chats available. www.somersetcarers.org/youngcarers.htm - Somerset Carer’s Network support website. Somerset Carers Network offers advice and support for people who are carers across Somerset. www.carers.org - The Princess Royal Trust for Carers - loads of information is on here!
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www.mentalhealthsupport.co.uk - General mental health advice with a specialist section regarding carers and young carers. www.mindtws.org.uk – Mind in Taunton and West Somerset. This is the local branch of the Mind charity. Information on the latest news, projects & publications. www.rethink.org/young_people/uthink/index.html – Uthink, the charity Rethink’s young persons’ site. Here you can find advice and helpful downloads as well as interactive games and music recommended by other young people.
@CaringMinds
DID YOU KNOW? 1 in 5 people have dandruff, but 1 in 4 people will be living with mental illness.
Caring Minds
www.youngminds.org.uk - Website aimed directly at young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing. There is up-todate information on here, as well as having an advice line to talk. www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Mentalhealth/index.htm – This is the Department of Health’s mental health section which is full of useful advice. This site is a Government one so it is very factual and may be more suited to older young people. www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk – the NHS Direct website, it’s full of all sorts of health related information, including who to contact and where, and how to do so. Page 12