0333 03 41 101 | info@blueskybrokers.org
0333 03 41 101 | info@blueskybrokers.org
With over 15 years of experience, Blue Sky Brokers are pioneers in social care, offering dedicated support and expert advice to both paid and unpaid carers across the UK. We’re here to ensure that carers always have the guidance and resources they need, providing peace of mind and confidence at every step of their journey.
This page is designed to be a one-stop resource for carers – bringing together practical advice, useful contacts, and clear information to help you navigate your caring role with confidence.
“As a Carers Champion, I believe unpaid carers deserve true recognition for their tireless dedication as partners in care.
Carers need clear information about their rights, services, and how to navigate the health and social care system. Just as vital is emotional support, whether through groups, counselling or mental health resources, to prevent isolation and burnout.
Financial support matters too: access to benefits, help with costs, and respite opportunities so carers can rest and recharge. Flexible working and accessible training can make the balance between caring and working less overwhelming.
Being a carer is both rewarding and demanding. Our role is to ensure carers feel supported, informed and never alone on this journey.”
Suneeta Sahota, Carers Champion – Blue Sky Brokers
The Blue Sky Social Care Card Carers membership is a FREE initiative equipping carers with the support they deserve:
Our dedicated team and Carers Champion are active in the community, making sure carers feel supported and connected. We hold carers’ clinics for advice and guidance, visit community centres to reach people where they are, run pop-up events to share information, and host coffee mornings where carers can meet others and take a well-deserved break. These activities help reduce isolation and give carers the confidence to access the support they deserve.
For Carers Rights Week, we set up an information stall at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital to raise awareness of the rights and support available to unpaid carers.
During the event, an NHS staff member stopped by. She explained she was caring for her husband, who was receiving palliative care, but hadn’t realised she was entitled to support as a carer. Balancing work and caring responsibilities had left her feeling overwhelmed and unsure where to turn.
We spoke privately about her rights, how to approach her manager, and what to do if she needed further support. She left with practical advice, printed information, and our contact details.
A few weeks later, she got in touch to say she’d spoken to her manager and secured adjustments that made life more manageable. She described feeling relieved and grateful for the guidance.
We offer a range of services to help paid and un-paid carers manage their wellbeing, health and respite both locally (in Derbyshire) and nationally!
We host bi-weekly sessions in pride park for carers to get to know each other, seek support and try something new.
A recognised & verified ID card that doubles as a discounts and perks card! With in-app wellbeing & peer support.
Blue Sky has a range of peer support forums, groups as well as well-being tips, blogs & more!
A FREE Service proudly delivered by our parent charity Disability Direct. Accommodating neuro diverse individuals.
Blue Sky Brokers offer well-being walks in the community to promote mindfulness, wellbeing and health.
Blue Sky is proud to offer FREE training funded by skills for care via our national PA Hub.
Our parent charity, Disability Direct offers amazing accessible allotments providing respite to carers.
Our parent charity, Disability Direct offers a welfare rights service who can guide you through the benefits system.
The enabled centre is a day service provision and part of the charity disability direct, providing respite to carers.
Our sister company offers support to parents of children with SEND needs empowerment to navigate the SEND system.
Ran by the enabled centre, Bright futures is a vibrant and inclusive holiday club providing respite for carers.
Poss+abilities is an inclusive dance and fitness club allowing individuals to express themselves and providing respite for carers.
Advocacy is a support service provided by Disability Direct providing both statutory and non-statutory advocacy.
We offer specialist guidance and support for those managing a direct payment or personal health budget.
DD Payroll is a nationally trusted payroll bureau who specialise in direct payments, social care and charity sectors.
Disability Direct offers home transport from hospital alongside 6 week support to reduce re-admittance.
Our sister company, Nimbus, offers a photo ID card to easily communicate access requirements to venues.
We host bi-weekly sessions in pride park for carers to get to know each other, seek support and try something new.
A recognised & verified ID card that doubles as a discounts and perks card! With in-app wellbeing & peer support.
Blue Sky has a range of peer support forums, groups as well as well-being tips, blogs & more!
Blue Sky is proud to offer FREE training funded by skills for care via our national PA Hub.
We offer specialist guidance and support for those managing a direct payment or personal health budget.
DD Payroll is a nationally trusted payroll bureau who specialise in direct payments, social care and charity sectors.
Our sister company, Nimbus, offers a photo ID card to easily communicate access requirements to venues.
Whether it’s a carers clinic, webinar or well-being walk, explore and sign up to our events!
Brought to you by Blue Sky Brokers, The Blue Sky Social Care Card is a fully vetted Social Care ID Card that doubles as a discounts/perks card, recognised nationally as a Force and Frontline ID card, accepted on the High street.
FREE TRAINING!
Thanks to funding from Skills for Care, Blue Sky Brokers offers free training for Individual Employers receiving a Direct Payment or Personal Health Budget, as well as for Personal Assistants.
Our brand new online training hub offers 24/7 digital training for individual employers and Personal Assistants.
We offer 16 training topics delivered through a variety of formats, including videos, fact sheets, booklets, short courses, and webinars.
Advice Line: 0800 678 1602 (8am–7pm, 365 days a year)
Website: www.ageuk.org.uk
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Find your local branch: Search here
Helpline: 116 123 (24/7, free)
Website: www.samaritans.org
Infoline: 0300 123 3393
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Use this tool to find your local council: www.gov.uk/find-local-council
Phone: 0330 995 0400
Email: enquiries@disabilityrightsuk.org
Phone: 01332 299449
Email: info@disabilitydirect.com
Website: www.disabilitydirect.com
BLUE SKY NEWS
key2Care Donated a very generous £5000 towards a whopping 1000 Blue Sky Social Care Cards for Unpaid Carers in Derby and Derbyshire!
Suneeta has been offering the FREE cards to the carers at the carers groups in Derby and Derbyshire and the Carers are loving it!
Interested in a FREE card for your service users?
Want to donate more cards for unpaid carers?
Contact the Blue Sky team
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Lisa's Story Lisa’s Story: Finding Balance in Her Caring Role Lisa, a carer for her elderly parents, was referred to us from our Direct Payment.
Parent-Carer Journey How Tailored Support Transformed One Parent-Carer’s Journey A parent-carer, supporting her adult son with complex needs full time, was becoming increasingly isolated and.
Join the community to gain access to peer support and speak to likeminded people. Learn about support available to you and the person you care for. Keep on top of new Blue Sky Social Care Card discounts as well as carers events!