FREE training for carers
Date: Tuesday, January 7th 2014
Categories: All Leicestershire Activities & Events
Are you finding it hard to cope? Do you struggle to find enough hours in the day? Not sure where to go for updated information? Forget to look after your own health and wellbeing? Do you feel you are not being heard?
If so Caring with Confidence could help you!!
Caring with Confidence is offering FREE weekly training sessions for carers, starting on Monday 27th January 2014 from 10am to 12:30pm at The Kings Centre, 56 Bull Head Street, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 1PA.
There are seven sessions, each run for three hours a week on a Monday. You can pick and choose sessions but it's really important you come along to the first one please.
The sessions include:
Finding your Way: Welcome and help to look at what matters to you, your own strengths and experience and an introduction to other sessions.
Caring and Coping: Time and space to look at the emotions involved in caring and how to cope with stress more effectively.
Caring and Me: How to be fit for life and caring, together with discussion and planning around your own health and wellbeing.
Caring and Communicating: Uses real-life caring situations to help you get the best from communicating with professionals and service providers.
Caring Day-to-Day: Looks at the essentials of caring for someone day-to-day, from medication to emergencies at home.
Caring and Life: Invites you to take time out and think about how you juggle competing demands and how your caring role fits with other aspects of your life.
Caring and Managing Stress: Relaxation and how not to avoid it! Using simple techniques to incorporate in everyday life, which will help your health & wellbeing.
All sessions are FREE, and complementary refreshments are provided.
If you're interested in finding out more about the programme please get in touch with Ranjana at The Carers Centre on 0116 251 0999 or email [email protected]
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