Warm, safe respite care you can trust

Caring for a family member or friend can, often, leave little time for Carers to take some time for themselves.

We provide a respite care service free of charge to eligible Carers to enable them to take short breaks away from their caring role.  

Looking after your mental and physical wellbeing is important; and a part of maintaining those, is being able to take time out for yourself. Whether you want to meet up with friends, pursue a hobby or even get some sleep, our service can help.

Bluebird Care Wandsworth work in partnership with Wandsworth Carers Centre to provide care assistants who come to your home; we can offer up to 52 hours of free respite which must be used within a nine month period.

Who is this service for?

This service is targeted at those Carers with little support available from other sources e.g. Carers without family and close friends or where family and friends are unable to help due to issues such as distance, work, family or other commitments.

Additional criteria 

• Carers need a break
• The cared for person cannot be left alone for periods of time
• Carers are under particular stress
• Short-term additional stress e.g. temporary loss of support while a family member or friend is on holiday/unavailable
• Short-term support is required while other support systems are put in place

Wandsworth Carers Centre carry out an assessment to ensure the service is best suited to meet your needs, and if it is, they make a referral to us.  We’ll then come and meet you in your home before respite begins. If you think you would benefit from this service, you can contact Wandsworth Carers Centre by emailing: Support@wandsworthcarers.org.uk or 020 8877 1200 or you can speak to us.   Whilst we cannot decide eligibility on Wandsworth Carer's Centre's behalf, we can certainly support and help sign post you to the right place.