• A guide to care and support:  Information for carers and people who have care & support needs.
• Caring for someone: Advice on providing care, medicines etc.
• Care after hospital: Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital.
• Taking a break: Caring for someone can be a full-time job - find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
• Support and benefits for carers: Caring for someone can be a full-time job - find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
• Work and Disability: Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
• Being a young carer: Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support

Finance and Law

Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.

• Benefits for carers: Directing carers to the benefits that can help them in their caring role
• Benefits for the person you care for
• Benefits for the under-65s: Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.
• Benefits for the over-65s: Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
• Carer's Assessment: How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
• Other benefits: Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring

• Death and benefits: How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
• Managing someone's legal affairs: Advice for when carers find they have to take over the legal affairs of the person they are looking after
• Personal and household finance: Advice on keeping a tight rein on household and personal finance for carers
• Other Benefits
• Social fund
• Tax credits: Information on claiming tax credits and whether you might be eligible

Kent Young Carers

Kent Young Carers is the countywide service for Young Carers aged 5-18 across Kent.  Young Carers are taking on caring responsibilities for a family member with a long-term illness, disability, mental health or substance misuse issue.

KYC works with schools, communities, and statutory and voluntary agencies to identify hidden young carers. Following assessment, KYC offer a range of short-term interventions including signposting, one-to-one support, in school support and workshops.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KYC