Caring for a family member or friend?

We’re here to assist unpaid carers with professional guidance, advice, and support.

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How can we help?

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Who is Carers TAS?

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Speak with somebody for advice

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Financial support for young carers

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Resources

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How can we help?

Carers Tasmania’s value and will listen to the voice of carers across the state and use these experiences and ideas to inform advocacy on improving systemic issues for carers. Learn more in the ‘about us’ and ‘resources’ sections.

Carers Tasmania can also provide assistance through our service delivery arm of Care2Serve who deliver services in Tasmania under the Carer Gateway Service.

Who is a carer?

Carer means a person who provides unpaid care and support to a family member, or friend, who

has a disability; or
has mental ill health; or
has a chronic or life-limiting condition; or
has alcohol or other drug dependence; or
is frail or aged; or
is a child, if the person is an informal kinship carer of the child.

ARE YOU A CARER?

About Carers Tasmania

Carers Tasmania serves as the leading organisation representing and advocating for over 80,000 unpaid informal, family, and friend carers in Tasmania. We are proud members of both the National Carer Network and Carers Australia.

Our core mission revolves around championing equal rights and opportunities while providing tailor-made support services to caring families based on their specific needs. Our unwavering dedication lies in striving to make life better for all.

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Our commitment to inclusion

We acknowledge, value and respect people of all cultures, sexualities, beliefs, abilities, genders, and ages, and support their rights of access, equity and participation.

We understand that carers in Tasmania, whilst sharing the common theme of caring for a family member or friend, have diverse lived and living experiences, and we fundamentally believe that carers are the experts in their own lives.