Training courses and workshops for carers

Carers on a training course

Currently, we have no new training courses or workshops for carers planned as we are evaluating our carers’ training service. Please continue to check our website for further updates.

Don’t forget we have CarersLine, our ​confidential information and support service for carers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We make time for everyone who contacts us and understand the difficulties that carers face.

CarersLine is open:

Monday to Friday: 10 am – 1 pm
Monday to Thursday: 2 pm – 4 pm
(Closed on Bank Holidays)

0117 965 2200

carersline@carerssupportcentre.org.uk

An answerphone operates outside of these hours and your call will be returned when the helpline next opens.

Alternatively, use our contact form to receive a personal reply the same or the next working day.

Courses for carers from other organisations

For further information about courses coming up as well as courses for parent carers, please click here:
https://www.bristolautismsupport.org/whats-on/

Bristol Wellbeing College
Free Wellbeing Workshops, Courses and Wellbeing Café for Adults (18+) living in Bristol.
In community venues throughout Bristol and online, with individual technical support.
See calendar for more information.

MindEd e-learning to Support Healthy Minds
A free educational resource providing education about children and young people, adults and older people’s mental health for all adults.
Stopping over-medication of people with a learning disability and autistic people
For further information and to watch the video, please click here

Emotional Support for Parents/ Carers of Disabled Children run by Navigate
National mentoring service (6 sessions) for Parents/ Carers
For parents/ carers living in England or Wales who have parental responsibility for a child under 18 years and whose child is on the pathway to diagnosis or has received one in the last year.
For further information and to get in touch, please click here
Email address: navigate@scope.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 801 0510

ONLINE Mindfulness course run by “brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults”
FREE mindfulness course for adult sibling carers
For further information and to book a place, please click here

Other useful websites

You may wish to have a look at a few other websites which might be helpful:

Bristol Dementia Wellbeing: for further information, please click here

Mindful Life: for further information, please click here

One You South Gloucestershire Council: for further information, please click here

“I am a carer for my mum, who has dementia and was in hospital with a stroke and COVID. Carers Support Centre helped me get through the initial period of adjusting to my mum’s condition and accepting it. Thanks to one of the courses I attended, I have learnt that I need to look after myself, so that I can support and look after my mum.”

Last updated 10.07.23