Cornwall Council is launching an all age carers service in Cornwall and is inviting carers to help choose its name.

The service, which will provide support for all unpaid carers of all ages, is being delivered jointly by Action for Children, working with Cornwall Rural Community Charity and Cornwall’s Family Information Service.   

Angela Andrews, Cornwall Council’s senior commissioning manager for  education, health and social care, said the aim is to provide a consistent high quality service which meets the needs of all our carers, regardless of the age of the person they are caring for, to support them in their caring and help them to have a life of their own alongside their role.

’We also want to improve the way we identify young carers and assess both their own and their family’s needs,’ she said.

The Council is asking carers for their views on two possible names:

Kernow Carers – Caring for those who care;

Kernow Carers Service – Support for those who care.

You can e-mail your views on the two options to [email protected]

The new service begins this month. There is a new freephone telephone number for the Carers Helpline - 0800 587 8191

The Carers Website is being finalised and sits on the Support in Cornwall web-site www.supportincornwall.org.uk