A Carer’s Journey can help you gain confidence caring for someone at home, support you to balance your life with your caring role, and assist you with the practical and emotional challenges of caring or being an ex-carer.
We know it’s not always possible to leave the house to make time for you; that’s why we offer many of our Carer courses online.
A Carer’s Journey has three phases, and each phase has been designed to give you support and hopefully help you feel a little less isolated when life gets challenging. All our workshops are free and available to those aged 19 or over; you can attend the whole programme, or just the workshops that feel most relevant to you. No matter which stage you join, you’ll learn tips and tools to help you build your own personal toolkit for when times get tough.
A Carer's Journey offers a three stage approach to helping you care for a loved one, whilst ensuring you care for yourself as you do so.
Phase one teaches practical caring at home, you can gain skills and knowledge in safer moving and handling, individual care at home and basic first aid.
Phase two focuses on balancing life and caring, across the five workshops you’ll be taught how to build resilience, emotional literacy, mindfulness and you can even have a go at Yoga for relaxation and aromatherapy and massage.
In the final third phase, reclaiming me, you’ll be supported through the physical and emotional challenges associated with change and life after caring.
Whether you’re facing the loss of someone you love or the difficult decision to move someone into a care environment, our workshops can help support you with the change.
Part Time UPZV131P
This online course provides an opportunity for carers to explore the beneficial health effects of creating and observing art. For centuries, people used creativity to deal with stress, cope with trauma and improve self-awareness and self-esteem. The ...
Part Time UPZV132P
This online course provides an opportunity for carers to explore the beneficial health effects of creating and observing art. For centuries, people used creativity to deal with stress, cope with trauma and improve self-awareness and self-esteem. This...
Part Time UPZV111P
In this series of creative writing courses, the emphasis is on getting everyone to have a go at writing in every session. The focus is on developing your confidence and abilities, as well as providing opportunities to connect with others in a safe an...
Part Time UPZV112P
In this series of creative writing courses, the emphasis is on getting everyone to have a go at writing in every session. The focus is on developing your confidence and abilities, as well as providing opportunities to connect with others in a safe an...
Part Time UPZV113P
In this series of creative writing courses, the emphasis is on getting everyone to have a go at writing in every session. The focus is on developing your confidence and abilities, as well as providing opportunities to connect with others in a safe an...
Part Time UCZU007P
A short course that offers an opportunity to explore next steps. Whether you want to retrain, go back to work or consider volunteering, there is a chance to identify what you want to do.This course is delivered Online using Zoom....
Part Time UPZV003P
This online course provides an opportunity for carers to explore a sense of wellbeing through ideals and concepts from Far Eastern Philosophies. You will learn experiential exercises, for example, simple meditation techniques, simple reflexology, fro...
Part Time UPZV001P
This online course provides an opportunity to learn how to give a simple self-massage that can help bring us back into balance, whatever we are experiencing. It increases circulation, stimulates organ function, helps our body detox and improves self....
Part Time UPZV002P
This online course provides an opportunity to continue to find out more about the benefits of a simple self-massage that can help bring us back into balance, whatever we are experiencing. It increases circulation, stimulates organ function, helps our...
Part Time UCZU008P
A short online course that offers a toolkit of ideas for parents/carers looking after children with additional needs.This course will be delivered Online using Zoom....
Part Time UCZU006P
As a carer we can face difficult emotions managing the needs of our loved one. It can be exhausting with little time for you, the carer, but you matter too! This short online course offers a chance to explore how to manage these difficult feelings an...
Part Time UCZU150P
Do you often find yourself feeling anxious, stressed out, or exhausted? Want to learn how to worry less and be a bit kinder to yourself, even when life is feeling tough? Mindfulness is an evidence-based approach which combines ancient wisdom with mod...
Part Time UCZU152P
Do you often find yourself feeling anxious, stressed out, or exhausted? Want to learn how to worry less and be a bit kinder to yourself, even when life is feeling tough? Mindfulness is an evidence-based approach which combines ancient wisdom with mod...
Part Time UCZU151P
Do you often find yourself feeling anxious, stressed out, or exhausted? Want to learn how to worry less and be a bit kinder to yourself, even when life is feeling tough? Mindfulness is an evidence-based approach which combines ancient wisdom with mod...
Part Time UCZU009P
This short course aims to offer support to someone who is managing the practical and emotional challenges associated with change and life after caring. This course will be delivered Online using Zoom....
Part Time UCZU142P
The purpose of these one-hour, online, yoga sessions is to provide some time-out from daily lives to focus on your own health and wellbeing. Uplifting classes that are fun and engaging, offering a light-hearted approach to practicing yoga and relaxat...
Part Time UPZV004P
The purpose of these one-hour, online, yoga sessions is to provide some time-out from daily lives to focus on your own health and wellbeing.Uplifting classes that are fun and engaging, offering a light-hearted approach to practicing yoga and relaxati...
Part Time UCZU141P
The purpose of these one-hour, online, yoga sessions is to provide some time-out from daily lives to focus on your own health and wellbeing. Uplifting classes that are fun and engaging, offering a light-hearted approach to practicing yoga and relaxat...