NDC Carers Support service - Project

Project overview

Newington Day Centre, based in north Belfast, is using a grant of £326,750 to fund their 'Carers Support Service (CSS)' project over the next four years. The project will support carers of older people, initially in north Belfast, to improve their health, reduce social isolation and loneliness, and re-connect with their local community. The Day Centre will provide respite care allowing carers to participate in a range of social, therapeutic and health promotion activities such as coffee mornings, shopping trips, short overnight breaks, diabetes checks, chiropodist checks and breast scans. Carers also receive a range of training opportunities to improve their knowledge, skills and finances.