Are you a carer in Leicester City? Help is available.
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As you’ll no doubt be aware by now, the Government has implemented another national lockdown from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020. You may find some of the following information useful for you and your family:
A Carer Passport scheme is now available across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. and is designed to:
recognise the support that family carers provideraise awareness of caringact as a conversation starter ease recognition in a variety of situations enable carers to access support (including accessing priority shopping slots)use as evidence for the need to travel during restrictions.
The Leicester Carers Support Service can be found here.
There is lots of COVID specific information for carers on the City Council website here, including how to protect yourself and the person/people you care for during the pandemic/lockdown, how to get food, medication and essentials, what to do if you can't care for your loved one and other FAQs.
More generic information...