You can apply for a free Carers Card if you live in or care for someone who lives in East Sussex. The East Sussex Carers Card does three things: Identifies you as a carer, and that someone depends on you in an emergency The option to connect to a back-up respite plan A discount card, giving carers savings at businesses across East Sussex. The Carers Card enables you to set up a CRESS (Carers Respite Emergency Support Service) plan with East Sussex County Council. This includes contact details for up to three people who could provide short-term support for the person you care for in an emergency You will have the Carers Card to carry with you, so that in an emergency, you or someone else can call the number on the card. When this happens, East Sussex County Council will contact the people you have named in your emergency plan.