	CARERS of WEST LOTHIAN Providing Support, Information and a Voice for Carers in West Lothian

ABOUT Carers of West Lothian

Mission
Aims
Who's Who: Staff and Volunteers
(Including Board & Committee Members)
Contact Details
Background and History
Strategic Plan
Networks
Funding
Policies
Quality Assurance
Membership Application

Mission

Carers of West Lothian is a carer led voluntary organisation and charity that aims to provide support, information, a voice for carers and to work with others to ensure a better quality of life for all carers.

We Aim to:

Listen to carers and offer support
Ensure that good and reliable information is available to carers
Help ensure that carers have access to individual support, training, counselling, advocacy and breaks from caring
Ensure that individual carers' needs are assessed and that collective needs are recognised
Seek to involve carers at all times
Help carers to participate at all levels in health and community care planning and decision making
Raise awareness and educate professionals and the general public about the needs of carers
Campaign and lobby on issues important to carers including their unmet needs
Promote and publicise our organisation for the benefit of carers throughout West Lothian
Contribute to the development of appropriate services for carers
At all times work in partnership with carers, carer groups, and the statutory, voluntary and private agencies
ENSURE CARERS HAVE A REAL VOICE