Somerset Young Carers Are you a Young Carer? Do you help or look after someone in your family? Is this because they are ill, disabled or have problems with drugs or alcohol or their mental health? You might be doing the shopping for them, or the cooking, or the housework. Perhaps you help them wash or dress? Or maybe you spend time cheering them up? Whatever it is you do, it means that you can call yourself a �Young Carer�, and it also means that we may be able to help you. We can answer questions and advise you. We can give you information for you and your family. We can introduce you to other Young Carers. We can help you speak out and be heard. We run regular groups, where you can have fun with friends and take part in new and exciting activities. We organise holidays, allowing you time and fun away from home. How to get in touch You can call or write to us yourself, or you could ask someone you trust to contact us - he/she might be a teacher, a relative or a friend, a youth worker, anyone you like. Somerset Young Carers Project Sue Crisfield - Young Carers Project Co-ordinator (Mendip area) 2 Orchard Court, The Archers Way, Glastonbury BA6 9LH Tel: 01458 831668 Mob: 07919 540410 Fax: 01458 837300

Wessex Counselling Service Are you aged 18-25, on a low income and in need of somewhere to talk? someone who will listen? something that will help you move forward in your life? Now you can get help under our new Young People�s Counselling Scheme and things can start to feel different. You can phone us now on 01373 453355 (Please leave your name and number if our answer phone is on.) Your first meeting, to discuss how counselling might help, is free. Fees for further sessions cost �10 each. Wessex Counselling Service Fairfield House, King Street, Frome BA11 1BH www.wessexcounsellingservice.co.uk

Green Giving An online service where you can donate and receive children�s items for FREE Recycle your child�s unwanted clothes, toys, books, furniture and equipment online for FREE. Items that you no longer need could be just what someone else is looking for. Help the environment, support other families and keep your unwanted items out of landfills. www.greengiving.org.uk

Young Person�s Clinic Every Wednesday 4-5pm at Frome Medical Practice Come along and talk confidentially if you are worried about: Smoking, Stress, Sexual Health, Drugs, Bedwetting, Body Image, Bullying, Alcohol No appointment necessary Tel: 01373 301318

Frome Library Justice Lane, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE Tel: 0845 345917 www.somerset.gov.uk/libraries Hours of Opening: Mon-Thur 9:30am-5pm, Fri 9:30am-7pm. Sat 9.30am-4pm All libraries within Somerset provide books as well as DVDs, spoken Word cassettes/CDs and music cds for borrowing by children and adults. Computers with Internet Access as well as Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher), scanner and printing facilities are available. There is telephone and online access to The Enquiry Centre: answers to anything. Do you need information and don�t know where to look? Just contact the Enquiry Centre where a team of specialist staff is available to answer your enquiry, however simple or complex Tel: 01823 226370, Text 07919540839. If the Enquiry Centre is closed you can access this service via the website listed above following the links to Enquire. Alternatively, email [email protected] Library Catalogue: www.librarieswest.org.uk

Flourish Homes Part of our role is to work within and help build communities, as part of this we provide grant funding to some organisations. We have given grants to several groups working with families and young people in the Frome area. Please contact us if you would like to find out about our work. If there are any parents or young people who are living in Flourish Homes properties who would be interested in community involvement or having a say about how your homes are managed and the area you live in we would be pleased to hear from you  Call Liz on 01749 334456 or 01749 334459 Text us on 07809 192903 Or drop us an email on 2 Cathedral Avenue, Wells Somerset, BA5 1FD Tel 01749 832047 [email protected] Flourish Homes   Company No: 3969491 Charity No: 1096689 Housing Corp Reg No: LH 4304