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
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 16th April 2025- 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Virtual Parent Carer group: Thursday 17th April 2025 – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Café: Monday 28th April 2025 – 10.30am – 12pm – Cesars Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Drop-in Parent Carer support group: Wednesday 7th May 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Condado Lounge, Devizes, SN10 1JG
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 21st May 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Virtual Parent Carer group: Wednesday 21st May 2025 – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Café: Monday 2nd June 2025 – 10.30am – 12pm – Cesars Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Drop-in Parent Carer support group: Wednesday 4th June 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 18th June 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Virtual Parent Carer group: Thursday 19th June 2025 – 7-8pm
- Parent Carer Café: Monday 30th June 2025 – 10.30am – 12pm – Cesars Coffee, Trowbridge, BA14 8FZ
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 16th July 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Virtual Parent Carer group: Thursday 17th July 2025 – 7-8pm
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 20th August 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Drop-in Parent Carer support group: Wednesday 10th September 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – Cosy Club Salisbury, SP1 2PH
- Devizes Parent Carer Group: Wednesday 17th September 2025 – 10:30am-12pm – The Bear Hotel Devizes, SN10 1HS (in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire)
- Virtual Parent Carer group: Thursday 18th September 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+