Asian Carers
Asian Carers
Help for South Asian Carers in the Tameside area
- Race Equality & Diversity Team
- Support Group for Asian Carers
- Carers Course for Family Carers from Tameside's South Asian Communities
- Contacting Adult Services
- Useful Links
Race Equality & Diversity Team (RED)
The RED team is part of Adult Services and supports the department's responsibilities to:
- Promote equality
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, and
- Promote good relations between different racial groups.
The RED team offers:
- Advice, guidance and support on how to meet the cultural and language needs of Black and Minority Ethnic service users, Carers and communities in Tameside.
- A bi-lingual co-worker scheme which supports social workers and assessors when working with Black & Minority Ethnic Carers. This ensures the Carer and family receive culturally appropriate assessments.
Strategic activity of the team looks at the development of services across the whole sector of racial groups. The majority of activity is directed towards the South Asian populations of Tameside, as these groups are the largest of the racial groups within the borough.
For further information on the RED team or the Co-worker scheme, please contact Development and Customer Support Unit using the contact details at the bottom of this page.
Support Group for Asian Carers
The Race Equality and Diversity team in Tameside offers Asian Carers the opportunity to meet and discuss topical issues in a warm and friendly environment where light refreshments are provided free of charge.
Meetings are held every 3rd Tuesday of the month at Tameside Carers Centre, 50 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. As well as meetings in Ashton we also have a group that meets in Hyde on every 3rd Monday of the month at the Healthy Living Centre, Great Norbury Street. On occasion, outside guest speakers are invited to come along and share specific information. All Asian Carers are welcome to drop in for a chat, a listen or to express anything that they might want to bring up. Obviously, people using 'mother-tongue' languages are catered for and encouraged to attend.
Carers will have to make their own way to the venue and also their own 'minding' arrangements for the person they care for.
If you would like to discuss anything about the group, then please contact a Carers Development Worker at the Race Equality and Diversity Team.
Carers Course for Family Carers from Tameside's South Asian Communities
If you are a Carer from Tameside's South Asian Community then you are entitled to access a free course about understanding being a Carer.
The course runs for two hours on one day per week for twenty weeks and offers:
- Free transport for the Carer and care services for the cared for person in the family whilst the Carer attends the course
- Language support is available
- There is a recognised certificate awarded on successful completion from the Open College Network
Topics covered:
- Who is a Carer?
- How people cope with change
- Sources of conflict
- Effective communication
- Where do I get support from?
- Visits to a care Unit
- Providing a safe home environment
- Personal care
- Food and Nutrition
- What to do in an emergency
- Aids and adaptations
- State benefits and the Carer
- Employment prospects for the Carer
- What do Social Service provide?
Strategic activity of the team looks at the development of services across the whole sector of racial groups. The majority of activity is directed towards the predominantly South Asian populations of Tameside, as these are the largest of the racial groups within the borough.
For further information please contact a Carers Development Worker, Development and Customer Support Unit using the contact details at the bottom of this page
Contacting Adult Services
Services for people from BME Communities are available through Adult Services. You can contact Adult Services or ring the multi-lingual voice line where you will be able to leave a message in your own language and a member of staff will check this and respond. 0161 342 4145.
If it is more convenient for you, you can make an appointment using our on-line diary
Useful Links
Tameside Carers Centre, 50 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7JX
0161 342 3344 
Send a Message to Tameside Carers Centre 
0161 342 3721 (voice and minicom)
For advice, guidance and support on caring issues for all.
Patient Information Centre 
Based at Tameside General Hospital. The Centre has information in Asian Language on health & social care issues for Tameside General Hospital patients and their Carers.
0161 331 5332 infopatient@tgh.nhs.uk
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
Provides information for people in the Asian community and also the African-Caribbean and Chinese community with contact numbers to National Organisations and links to helpful Carer sites.
For News, Sport, music, competitions, message boards, Asian life, Ramadan fasting times. Including hourly updated bulletins in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Mirpuri, Punjabi and Urdu. To listen live you may need to download the free Real Player
This is a national charity based in London, working with Carers and professionals to help minority ethnic people in the community with a range of issues.
The Afiya Trust, 27-29 Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall, SW8 1SY 020 7582 0400 
020 7582 2552
webmaster@afiya-trust.org
This site provides information, advice, guidance and learning materials in community languages, including Bengali, Farsi and Gujerati.
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 Race Equality and Diversity Team Development and Customer Support Unit Rydal House Rydal Avenue Hyde SK14 4QB View local map 
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