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Caring with Confidence

Caring with Confidence sessions are free courses for unpaid carers which help to make a positive difference both to carers and the people they care for. Each course is made up of 7, three hour sessions which gives the carer the opportunity to develop skills, get advice and information and talk and share experiences with other carers.

The sessions are:-

• Finding Your Way which is an introduction to Caring with Confidence and a chance to get to know the group.

• Caring and Coping which looks at the emotions involved in looking after someone and covers the strategies which can be used to cope with stress more effectively.

• Caring and Me discusses how to plan around you’re the carers own health and wellbeing.

• Caring Day-to-Day looks at the essentials of caring for someone, from medication to emergencies at home.

• Caring and Resources looks at how to maximize income and access other money saving resources.

• Caring and Life looks a the competing demands of being a carer and how that role fits with other aspects of the carers life.

• Caring and Communicating uses real-life caring situations to explore how to get the best from communicating with professionals and service providers.

The courses are generally run once a week over 7 weeks, at the same time and on the same day. It is not necessary to attend all sessions but all sessions must be pre booked.

Below are a list of the start dates for the scheduled courses:-

Mondays in Cosham starting on 28th June 1 pm until 4 pm.
Wednesdays in Ventnor starting 30th June 1 pm until 4 pm.
Mondays in Andover starting 6th September 10 am until 1 pm
Tuesdays in Newport starting 7th September 1 pm until 4 pm
Wednesdays in West End, Southampton starting 8th September 10 am until 1 pm
Tuesdays in the New Forest starting 26th October 10 am until 1 pm
Wednesdays in Romsey starting 27th October 10 am until 1 pm
Mondays in Winchester starting 1st November 10 am until 1 pm

Courses can also be run for individual organizations and can be scheduled to meet their specific needs. For example, it is possible to run the sessions more often than once a week.

For more information or to book your place, please call Carers Together on:

01794 519 495 or e-mail admin@carerstogether.org.uk.