# Signpost For Carers

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085727
- **Other names:** SIGNPOST STOCKPORT FOR CARERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04176004](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04176004)
- **Registered:** March 22, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085727


## Contact

- **Address:** The Heatons Centre, Thornfield Road, Heaton Moor, STOCKPORT, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** SK4 3LD
- **Phone:** 0161 442 0442
- **Email:** info@signpostforcarers.org.uk
- **Website:** www.signpostforcarers.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO SERVE THE DISTRICT OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOCKPORT AND ANY OTHER NEARBY OR ADJOINING DISTRICT WHICH THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ALLEVIATING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHO ARE CARING OR WHO HAVE CARED FOR A PERSON WHO HAS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS HAS A PHYSICAL OR SENSORY DISABILITY HAS A LEARNING DISABILITIES OR WHOSE HEALTH IS IMPAIRED BY SICKNESS OR OLD AGE AND OF DEPENDANTS OF CARERS WHO ARE THEMSELVES IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SUCH CARERS AS AFORESAID AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONGST CARERS AND THE PUBLIC

**Activities:** Provides free, confidential information to carers of all ages, and professionals who work with carers, in the Stockport  area.There is a Young Carers section, looking after young carers up to the age of 18.Carers Liaison are there for benefits advice and make home visits to help complete benefit claim forms.Carers Breaks provide grants for carers to have a rest from their caring role.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE DISTRICT OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STOCKPORT AND ANY OTHER NEARBY OR ADJOINING DISTRICT
- Stockport





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PAUL CONNELLAN** | Chair | Sept. 1, 2018 |
| James Cox |  | Sept. 24, 2025 |
| Jane Curzon |  | Sept. 24, 2025 |
| Jilly Julian |  | Nov. 16, 2022 |
| Lauren McCorry |  | Nov. 26, 2025 |
| Lorraine Bardsley |  | Nov. 27, 2024 |
| Myer James Lugassy |  | Jan. 18, 2024 |
| Steven John Gear |  | Nov. 26, 2025 |




