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Useful links
List of links to useful websites
The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the UK border and controlling migration into the UK. They manage border control, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. They also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the UK, and for citizenship and asylum.
Skills for Care is the employer-led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England, providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
United Kingdom Home Care Association
United Kingdom Home Care Association Ltd (UKHCA) is the professional association of home care providers from the independent, voluntary, not-for-profit and statutory sectors. UKHCA helps organisations that provide social care, which may include nursing services, to people in their own homes, promoting high standards of care and providing representation with national and regional policy-makers and regulators.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England. Their aim is to make sure better care is provided for everyone, whether in hospital, in care homes, in people's own homes, or elsewhere.
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) is a specialist organisationoperating across the four nations of the United Kingdom. It also provides support within Ireland.
The Criminal Records Bureau helps protect children and vulnerable adults by providing first-class support toorganisations which recruit people into positions of trust.
The functions of the Care Training Consortium (CTC) are diverse and comprehensive and precisely mirror the training and support needs of the independent care sector in West Sussex.
Launched in November 2006, the Dignity in Care campaign aims to stimulate a national debate around dignity in care and to create a care system where there is zero tolerance for abuse of and disrespect for older people.
The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) - about 100,000 people in the UK.
The Society aims to be one of the leading neurological charities in the UK - serving all people with Parkinson's. It is a registered charity and has 30,000 members. As the foremost UK charity dedicated to helping people affected by Parkinson's, it is funded almost entirely by voluntary donations.
The Alzheimer's Society is a membership organisation which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Direct payments for carers - arranging help and services
Direct payments are local council payments available to anyone who has been assessed as needing help from social services. You can normally obtain them if you are a carer aged 16 or over.