Support for Parent Carers
Are you a Parent Carer, providing care to your child who needs additional support?
Here at the Carers Together partnership, we can provide a support conversation to discuss your needs. We can offer information, advice, and guidance.
We can signpost and refer you to other support services, such as Forward Carers, if you wish to obtain a Carers ID card, or the Wiltshire Parent Carer Council, should you wish to access their services, or apply for the short breaks scheme for your child.
If your child is under 18 we have developed a ‘Parent Carer Needs Assessment’ which is a conversation to establish your caring needs. We can discuss a Parent Carer transition assessment if your child is 16+, and they are moving into adulthood.
We can discuss support for any Young Carers or Young Adult Carers you may have in your family.
We can carry out Carers Assessments if your child is over 18, and we can establish whether you meet the eligibility criteria for a funded service.
Parent Carers Monthly Update
We send out a monthly Parent Carer Update full of information and details of events. To sign up please click this link:
Parent Carer Groups
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 10th September 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club, Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 17th September 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel, Devizes, SN10 1HS
- Parent Carer Virtual Group: Thursday 25th September 2025 – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 1st October 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club, Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Parent Carer Group: Monday 6th October 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cesar’s Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 15th October 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel, Devizes, SN10 1HS
- Parent Carer Virtual Group: Thursday 23rd October 2025 – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Group: Monday 3rd November 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cesar’s Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 5th November 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club, Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel, Devizes, SN10 1HS
- Parent Carer Virtual Group: Thursday 27th November – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Group: Monday 1st December 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cesar’s Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 3rd December 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club, Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 17th December 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel, Devizes, SN10 1HS
- Parent Carer Virtual Group: Thursday 18th December 2025 – 7-8pm
Please email jo.hiller-culley@carerstogetherwiltshire.org.uk for a link to join the virtual groups. All other groups are open to everyone on a drop-in basis so no need to book.
Useful links
Wiltshire Parent Carer Council [WPCC]:
- Parents can register with them to get information about events and activities for their young people, to sign up for the short breaks scheme, to attend their marketplace events, or to speak to their information officers. They support families with young people with SEND aged 0-25.
- To discover local support for families and young people with SEND from 0-25
The Wiltshire SENDIASS service:
- To support young people with SEND and their families around education and EHCPS.
- An online support offer to Carers, and access to Carers ID cards.
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH):
- For any children’s safeguarding concerns, and to register Young Carers.
- To assist with any financial and benefit related queries.
Wiltshire Service Users Network (WSUN):
- To support people with ASD aged 14+