What’s going on ? Do you find it difficult to understand exactly whatillness/disability the person you care for has?Don’t know what the actual diagnosis is...Or waiting for one?

Speak to us for information and help.

Find it hard to get anywhere?Speak to us about help with transport -Arranging it and possibly funding it.Eg. Transport to and from appointments/ hospital, to college or Young Carers Groups.

Don’t know what otherorganisations may be out there foryou? We can put you in touch with other local organisations and services that may be of help toyou and the person you care for.

Managing Medicines Not sure what the person you care for should betaking and at what time?Worried the dose isn’t quite right?You can request a medicines review from yourpharmacist.Find out what other services may be useful, egrepeat prescriptions, delivery services, dosetteboxes.Speak to us about your worries and we will try tohelp.

Want to learn new skills?Speak to us about training.For your caring role - For the future - Just for interest. Including funding options andrespite to attend training.

Self Medicating to cope?If you find that you lean on alcohol or drugs tocope, talk to us in confidence. We don’t judge buthelp you explore the avenues open to you.

Need help with funding? For Respite /breaks - Equipment - Training Speak to us about this, we will do our best to findfunding sources for you.

Young Carers Time to be young!Have a break and join your local Young CarersGroup or join in on Young Carers’ trips and activities. Meet other Young Carers and our staffand volunteers who understand how complicatedyour life can be.

Young Carers—What Next?Deciding what your future holds...Speak to us for help with what to do next.College - 6th Form - University - WorkWhat will happen if you want to move on?

Schools and Colleges Don’t let school or college become another stressin your life, your education is important for you.Speak to our outreach staff, they can help you.

Where are you now and wherewould you like to be? Would counselling help? We can help you find a counsellor to talk to andto explore your experiences and situation.

01597 823 800info@wcdyc.org.uk

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If you care for someone who is ill, frail,

disabled, has mental health or substance

misuse problems and cannot manage

with out your help

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Young Carers in Wrexham, Conwy and Denbighshire

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WCD Young Carers

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points in this leaflet, to discuss the services WCD

Young Carers can offer you, or to refer yourself

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Respite—taking a break

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iCare Card—carers recognition

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Support for Young Carers

Young Carers Groups

Young Carers Trips

Carers Assessment 16+ A formal consideration of your needs and wishes,including respite training, employment, education, lesiure time and health.To help you balance your life and caring role.

Who we are...WCD Young Carers is a voluntary organisationand charity supporting Young Carers throughoutthe counties of Wrexham, Conwy andDenbighshire. We do this through OutreachWorkers based locally in your area.

We provide information, advice, someone whowill listen and understand, advocacy - someoneto speak on your behalf. Signposting to othersources of support and a forum for your voice.Young Carers Groups and trips and newsletters tokeep you in touch.

When’s the last time you had abreak? Speak to us about support with respite or a breakfrom caring..It is important for Young Carers to make time for themselves. You can’t look after someone ifyou’ve worn yourself out.

Know your Rights! Carers have rights - make sure you know yours*Your opinion to be taken into account* A break from your caring role* Employment, Education and your own life.

Emergencies….. Do you worry about what would happen to the person you look after if you were suddenly taken ill or had an accident?Speak to us about an emergency plan.

Is your family receiving all thefinancial support available to you?Speak to us about benefits - Carers Benefits,Disability Benefits, Pensions and Housing, Educational Benefits or Tax

Unsure of Social Services or HealthProfessionals? We can support you when dealing with professionals. We may be able to support you atmeetings or help with understanding what helpyou should receive. Eg Social Services, hospital admissions and discharges.

Carers Recognition Card iCare Card - we are developing a card to confirmyou are a Young Carer and will seek to adddiscounts at selected shops and services in thefuture.

Your Voice….. We send out information to Young Carers andfeedback Young Carers’ thoughts and experiencesto policy makers locally and nationally to improveservices for Young Carers and the people theysupport.

Need someone to speak to that understands? Talk in confidence to someone who understands what you can go through, thatcaring for someone you love can sometimes betough. Or join a local Young Carers group and meetother Young Carers in your area.

What about work? Young Carers may find considering work orgetting suitable employment difficult. Speak tous in confidence.

Beth sy’n mynd ymlaen? Ydych chi’n cael trafferth deall yn union pa

salwch/anabledd sydd gan yr unigolyn rydych

yn gofalu amdano? Ddim yn hollol siwr am y

diagnosis ….neu’n disgwyl am ddiagnosis?

Gallwn roi gwybodaeth a chyngor i chi.

Yn cael trafferth mynd allan? Gallwch drafod cludiant gyda ni – ei drefnu a’igyllido efallai.E.e. – cludiant i fynd i apwyntiadau/ysbyty, i’rcoleg neu i Grwpiau Gofalwyr Ifanc

Ddim yn siŵr pa fudiadau eraill fyddai’n gallu eich helpu? Gallwn eich cyfeirio at fudiadau agwasanaethau lleol eraill fydd efallai o gymorth i chi a’r unigolyn rydych yn gofalu amdano.

Delio gyda Meddyginiaethau Ddim yn siŵr pa feddyginiaethau dylai’r unigolyn eu cymryd a phryd?Yn poeni nad yw’r dôs yn iawn efallai?Gallwch ofyn i’ch fferyllydd adolygu’r meddyginiaethau.Darganfod pa wasanaethau eraill fyddai o gymorth efallai e.e. presgripsiynau amlroddadwy,gwasanaeth cyflenwi, blychau tabledi ac ati.Siaradwch âni am eich pryderon, a byddwn ynceisio eich helpu.

Am ddysgu sgiliau newydd? Siaradwch â ni am hyfforddiant:O ran eich rôl fel Gofalwr : at y dyfodol : er diddordeb, gan gynnwys opsiynau cyllido, a chynllun seibiant i fynd ar hyfforddiant.

Hunan-feddyginaethu i ymdopi? Os byddwch yn dibynnu ar alcohol neu gyffuriau i ymdopi, siaradwch â ni’n gyfrinachol.Ni fyddwn yn eich barnu, ond gallwn eich helpu iystyried opsiynau.

Angen help gyda chyllid? Ar gyfer seibiant . Offer . HyfforddiantSiaradwch â ni am hyn, a gwnawn ein gorau i ddod o hyd i ffynonellau cyllid i chi.

Gofalwyr IfancAmser i fod yn ifanc! Cael amser i ymuno â’r Grŵp Gofalwyr Ifanc lleolneu i fynd ar dripiau a gweithgareddau Gofalwyr Ifanc. Cyfle i gwrdd â Gofalwyr Ifanceraill a’n staff a gwirfoddolwyr sy’n deall pa morgymhleth mae bywyd weithiau.

Gofalwyr Ifanc—Beth nesaf? Penderfynu ar eich dyfodol ….Siaradwch â ni am help gyda beth i’w wneud nesaf. Coleg - 6ed Dosbarth - Gwaith - PrifysgolBeth fydd yn digwydd os ydych am symud ymlaen?

Ysgolion a CholegauPeidiwch â gadael i’r ysgol neu’r coleg achosistraen yn eich bywyd; mae’ch addysg yn bwysig.Gallwch siarad â’n staff estyn allan, maen nhw’ngallu eich helpu chi.

Ble ydych chi nawr, a ble hoffech chi fod? Fyddai Cwnsela’n eich helpu? Gallwn eich cyferio at cwnselydd i’ch helpu chiystyried eich profiadau a’ch sefyllfa.

01597 823 800info@wcdyc.org.uk

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Os ydych yn gofalu am rywun sy’n sâl, yn

fregus, yn anabl, sydd â phroblemau iechyd

meddwl neu gamddefnyddio sylweddau, ac

sy’n methu ymdopi heb eich cymorth chi

Golfalwr Ifanc ydych chi

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WCD Young Carers

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Teithiau Gofalwyr

Asesiad i Ofalwyr 16+ Ystyriaeth ffurfiol o’ch anghenion a’ch dymuniadau, gan gynnwys: seibiant, hyfforddiant,gwaith, addysg, amser hamdden ac iechyd. I’chhelpu cael cydbwysedd rhwng eich bywyd a’chrôl fel gofalwr.

Pwy ydym ni…….Mudiad gwirfoddol ac elusen yw WCD Young Carers sy’n cefnogi gofalwyr ifanc ar hyd a lled y siroedd Wrecsam, Conwy, a Dinbych.Gwneir hyn drwy Weithwyr Estyn Allan sy’n gweithio yn eich ardal leol chi.

Rydym yn darparu gwybodaeth a chyngor, ac yn cynnig clust i wrando a deall, eiriolaeth -rywun i siarad ar eich rhan. Arwyddbyst i ffynonellau cymorth eraill, a fforwm i leisio eichbarn. Grwpiau golfalwyr ifanc a theithiau. Cylchlythyrau a dyddiaduron gyda’r newyddiondiweddaraf i chi.

Pryd oedd y tro diwetha’ i chi gaelseibiant? Gallwch siarad gyda ni am gymorth i gael seibiant.Mae’n bwysig i Ofalwyr gael amser i’w hunain.Os ydych chi wedi blino’n lân, fedrwch chi ddimgofalu am rywun arall.

Gwybod eich Hawliau! Mae gan ofalwyr hawliau – gofalwch eich bodyn gyfarwydd â nhw.*Ystyried eich barn*Seibiant o’ch rôl fel gofalwr*Gwaith, Addysg, a’ch bywyd eich hun.

Mewn argyfwng….. Ydych chi’n poeni beth fyddai’n digwydd i’runigolyn rydych yn gofalu amdano, os byddech chi’n sâl neu’n cael damwain?Gallwch siarad â ni am gynllun argyfwng.

Ydy’ch teulu’n derbyn yr holl gymorthariannol sydd ar gael i chi?Gallwch siarad â ni am Fudd-daliadau –Budd-daliadau Gofalwyr, Budd-daliadauAnabledd, Pensiynau a Budd-daliadau Tai,Addysg neu Dreth.

Ansicr ynghylch GwasanaethauCymdeithasol neu Weithwyr IechydProffesiynol? Gallwn eich helpu wrth ddelio gyda gweithwyrproffesiynol. Efallai y gallwn eich cefnogi mewncyfarfodydd neu eich helpu i ddeall pa gymorthddylai fod ar gael i chi. E.e. GwasanaethauCymdeithasol, mynd i a gadael yr ysbyty.

Cerdyn Cydnabyddiaeth Gofalwyr Rydym yn datblygu cerdyn i gadarnhau eich bodyn ofalwr ifanc. Rydym yn gobeithio ychwanegugostyngiadau mewn siopau a gwasanaethau addewiswyd yn y dyfodol.

Eich Llais…..Rydym yn anfon allan gwybodaeth i OfalwyrIfanc ac yn cyfleu profiadau a sylwadau Gofalwyr Ifanc i bobl sy’n llunio polisïau lleol achenedlaethol i wella gwasanaethau i OfalwyrIfanc a’r bobl maent yn gofalu amdanynt.

Angen siarad gyda rhywun sy’ndeall?Gallwch siarad yn hollol gyfrinachol gyda rhywunsy’n deall bywyd Gofalwyr a’r ffaith y gall fod ynanodd gofalu am rywun agos atoch. Neu gellirymuno â Grŵp Gofalwyr Ifanc lleol a chwrdd âGofalwyr Ifanc eraill yn eich ardal chi.

Beth am eich gwaith? Efallai y bydd Gofalwyr Ifanc yn ffeidio ystyriedgweithio, neu dod o hyd i waith addas yn anodd.Gallwch siarad gyda ni y gyfrinachol.