Swansea Carers Centre is a specialist voluntary organisation providing support to unpaid carers and former carers across the City & County of Swansea.
We offer information, advice and support to make life easier for the carer and the person they are looking after. We provide opportunities for to meet other carers, share experiences and work together to get things changed for the benefit of everyone.
All our services are completely free and confidential.
History
In April 2005, with the support of the local authority, SCVS and Age Concern Swansea, Swansea Carers Centre became an independent charity intent on providing a holistic service for all adult carers across the City & County of Swansea. Since then we have grown and diversified our services while successfully responding and adapting to the ever changing challenges facing us.
As such we remain grateful for the support we receive from all our funders and remain mindful that without the core funding we receive from the local authority it would be difficult for us to successfully draw down funding from other sources.
As we strive to maintain and develop our services during this difficult economic climate, we remain committed to providing quality services which meet the needs of carers and which have been externally accredited. This includes Investors in Volunteers and Charity Excellence Framework.
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Board of Trustees
Swansea Carers Centre is governed by a Board of Trustees.
Ultimately our Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring that the charity, and everyone working for it, operates within an increasingly complex legal framework. Each Trustee is an unpaid volunteer with particular skills and experience.
| Chair | Jane Davidson | |
| Vice Chair | Gillian Stephens | |
| Vice Chair | Dave Burgess MBE | Dave has been a carer for over 55 years. His was paralysed and confined to a wheelchair in 1968. He has been a Trustee of SCC since 2005, a member of the Carers Wales Committee for over 20 years and a member of the Board of Carers UK. Dave was awarded an MBE for his services to carers in 2009. |
| Treasurer | Bryn Williams | |
| Trustee | Frank Ramsey | |
| Trustee | Sonia Thomas | |
| Trustee | Sue Davies | |
| Trustee | Byron Fussell | |
| Trustee | Kathryn Price | |
| Trustee | Helen Spencer | Helen’s professional background experience in residential care setting for challenging young people, spent many years in Swansea Drugs project / Barod and was involved in training, facilities and supporting families. Now working in Blaen y Maes linked to the school supporting families and school engagement. |
| Trustee | Sarah Davies | Sarah currently works as a Local Area Coordinator covering the area of Killay and Dunvant; has previously worked as a young person substance misuse worker at Barod and prior to that worked for the young adult carers service for SNPT. Experience in strategic planning, safeguarding and working with funders / funding. |
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Meet Our Team
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
