About Carers Support Bristol and South Gloucestershire

Carers Support provides support, information and advice to unpaid carers of any age living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.

A carer talks to a support officer in a one-to-one meeting

About the charity

Since our inception in 1997, Carers Support has been working to create a better life for carers of all ages where they are recognised, valued and supported in their caring role and empowered to fulfil their own aspirations.

14,705
local carers registered with us
1,552
new carers registered in the past year
40
(full time equivalent) members of staff

Carers Support is a network partner of Carers Trust, benefiting from sharing good practice with a network of over 160 partners throughout the UK. We have also gained the Carers Trust quality mark as a ‘centre of excellence’. We have attained NCVO Level 2 Trusted Charity Mark status.

Our vision, mission and values

About carers and caring

What is a carer?

Caring in numbers and key issues

Carers stories

Some of the carers we've supported have shared their experiences of caring with us. Hear about their situations and how we helped them in their caring role.

Read Carers stories

Our impact

See how we are supporting and transforming the lives of unpaid carers in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.

See our impact