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Who is a carer

A carer is someone who looks after a partner, family member or friend because they are ill, frail or disabled. The care they provide is unpaid yet without it the person cared for could not continue to live at home.

A young carer is a person under 18 who provides support to someone at home who is unwell or disabled. This could be a parent, brother, sister or grandparent.

Why we exist

North Lanarkshire Carers Together exists because carers across North Lanarkshire wanted an organisation to represent their interests and to work to improve the quality of their lives. Carers recognized the need for a strong voice when talking to professionals and politicians about services and policies that affect them and the people they care for. North Lanarkshire Carers Together is a voluntary carer organisation actively linking carers and professionals across North Lanarkshire and was launched at an event in The Civic Centre, Motherwell in November 2000. Our board of directors is made up of carers who volunteer their time to administer the work of the organisation.

Our promise to carers

North Lanarkshire Carers Together will:

• Show a regard for you
• Treat you with respect and courtesy
• Promote your rights
• Listen, hear and respond to what you say
• Be assertive in respecting your views and interests
• Work as an equal partner with others on issues that affect your quality of life
• Include you if you wish to participate in the work of the organization
• Support you to influence planning and decision making
• Recognize that you have a range of experience and perspectives
• Avoid discrimination on any basis
• Provide information that is of a value to you
• Represent you with dignity

Membership

North Lanarkshire Carers Together employs staff to work with its management board, made up of carers just like you, who volunteer their time in order to work on your behalf. It is important for them to be able to link up with as many carers as possible and one way of doing this is for you to become a member of this organisation.

Membership is free for all carers who live in North Lanarkshire or who care for people who live in North Lanarkshire.

Membership entitles you to receive a free copy of our newsletter "Working for You" at least twice a year, and enables us to provide you with a range of other useful information useful to you.

Membership helps us link you to services that can support you.

Membership entitles you to attend, free of charge, meetings and conferences in various locations across North Lanarkshire. These events are opportunities for you to have your voice heard and to meet other carers and professionals away from the demands of your caring role.

Funders

North Lanarkshire Carers Together's funders include: