This is a list of some of the key organisations that carers may need to contact. If you cannot find what you are looking for you can contact us.
Disclaimer – the following links are from third parties and although we think that they might be useful to you in your caring role we cannot guarantee the content within them.
A – C
Carers Trust Thames (formerly Crossroads Care Bucks and MK)
Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Chiltern (Amersham)
Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Aylesbury
Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Buckingham Winslow district
Citizen’s Advice Bureau – High Wycombe
D – F
Diabetes UK – Aylesbury
Downs Syndrome Support – North Bucks Downs Ducklings
Down’s Syndrome Group – South Bucks
Drugfam – supporting families, carers and friends affected by substance misuse.
G – I
Gateway Club – Chilterns (Amersham) – social club for adults with learning disabilities
Gateway Club – High Wycombe
Healthwatch Bucks – independent body which aims to help local people get the best out of their local health and social care
J – L
Livability Lifestyle Choices – support for disabled adults
M – O
Make Marlow Dementia Friendly – Marlow Bridge Rotary Club, through a newly formed sub-committee is embarking on an exciting project to Make Marlow Dementia Friendly (MMDF)
Men in Sheds (Aylesbury) – a social and active group for mature men
Mencap – Chesham, Amersham & District
Mind – Wycombe
Mind the Gap Bucks – Chesham and High Wycombe peer groups supporting people with mental health issues and social isolation
Motor Neurone Disease Association – A guide for carers who are caring for someone with MND, available in hard copy (upon request) or digital formats
Multiple Sclerosis Society – Amersham and Chesham branch
Multiple Sclerosis Society – Milton Keynes
Multiple Sclerosis Society – South West
National Autistic Society – Aylesbury Vale
National Autistic Society – South Bucks
Nutrition & Dietetics – Bucks Health Care
One Recovery Bucks – Caring for somebody with alcohol or drug dependency
Oasis Partnership – local charity supporting anyone whose life is affected by their or someone else’s drug or alcohol use
P – R
The Pace Centre – a specialist centre for children with motor disorders such as cerebral palsy
Parkinson’s UK – Amersham & High Wycombe
Parkinson’s UK – Aylesbury
Patient Transport – Non Emergency for Bucks, Berks and Oxon
People’s Voices – advice & info services for people with disabilities, mental health service users & older people
POhWER – provides advocacy services across Bucks
Rehab 4 Addiction – a free drug and alcohol addiction helpline. Rehab 4 Addiction is run by Oliver Clark, who has been in recovery for over 20 years, and he will be happy to help anyone who needs his assistance.
Rethink – South Bucks Group
Horse Riding for the Disabled – South Bucks
S – U
Space Support Chesham – support for parents of behaviourally challenging children
Stairlift Grants – a guide helping you outline how you can get financial help with the cost of a stairlift
Stroke Association – Bucks Stroke Support
Stroke4carers – an online resource for carers, family and friends of stroke survivors
Switch Bucks – a drug and alcohol service for young people in Bucks.
U – Z
UK Addiction Treatment Centres – UK’s leading alcohol and drug rehab clinics
UK-Rehab – a 24hr advice helpline offering support and advice to addicts and their family or friends
Voices & Choices – local charity based in Chesham that provides information and advice to help people to remain in their homes with the help and support of community services and other agencies
Wycombe Different Strokes – support network and social group for stroke survivors, their families and friends
