Carers Support Groups

A safe, confidential space to meet with other carers face-to-face and online – to share information and provide support to each other.

Carers at the Kingswood Carers Support Group

Groups are a great way to connect with other carers, sharing knowledge and giving each other support.

Please find details of our carers groups below. We are currently running a blend of in-person and online groups, to suit your caring situation.

If you have not attended a group before and would like to, please contact CarersLine:

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.

Speakers

Often external speakers attend Carers Support Groups.

Coming up:

Co-op Legal Services – Presenting a talk with carers in mind on estate planning matters, wills, lasting powers of attorney and inheritance tax.
- Online Group – Thurs 2 May, 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Soundwell Music Therapy – Hosting a music therapy session
- Hartcliffe – Thurs 23 May, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Online Group – Thurs 6 June, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Pets as Therapy – Volunteers will bring their well-trained dogs Ola and Molly, so carers can enjoy strokes and companionship with a pet
- Kingswood – Weds 8 May, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Hanham – Tues 3 Sept, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Healthwatch – Speaking on ‘Changes at your GP surgery: how care improvements will benefit patients’
- Lawrence Weston – Thurs 16 May, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Hartcliffe – Thurs 12 Sept, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm
- Brislington – Weds 4 Sept, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
St Peter’s Hospice – Discussing their services
- Online Group – Thurs 4 July, 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
- Hartcliffe – Thurs 11 July, 10.00 am – 12.00 noon
- Lawrence Weston – Thurs 20 June, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
- Brislington – Weds 3 July, 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
- St George – Fri 19 July, 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm
- Hanham – Tues 4 June, 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm
- Kingswood – Weds 11 Sept, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
- Downend – Weds 25 Sept, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Groups

Please note you are only able to attend a carers group which meets in the same local council area as where you live, Bristol or South Gloucestershire.

Group	Time	Venue	Apr	May	Jun	July	August	Sept	Oct
Hanham	1:30 – 3:30 pm (First Tuesday)	Hanham Community Centre 118-124 High St Hanham, Bristol BS15 3EJ	2nd	7th	4th	2nd	Summer break	3rd	1st
Kingswood	2:00 – 4:00 pm (Second Wednesday)	The Park Centre Kingswood High Street, Bristol BS15 4AR	10th	8th	12th	10th	Summer break	11th	9th
Downend	2:00 – 4:00 pm (Second Wednesday)	Badminton Gardens Beaufort Road, Bristol BS16 6FG	24th	22nd	26th	24th	Summer break	25th	23rd
Online	1:30 – 2:30 pm (First Thursday)	Zoom	4th	2nd	6th	4th	Summer break	5th	3rd
Hartcliffe	10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Second Thursday)	Dundry Room Symes Building, Peterson Avenue, Hartcliffe, BS13 0BE	11th	23rd	13th	11th	Summer break	12th	10th
Lawrence Weston	2:00 – 4:00 pm (Third Thursday)	Lawrence Weston Farm Community Room Saltmarsh Drive, Bristol, BS11 0NJ	18th	16th	20th	18th	Summer break	19th	17th
Brislington (Dementia group)	10:30 am – 12:30 pm (First Wednesday)	St. Peters Church 170 Allison Road, Brislington, BS4 4NZ	3rd	1st	5th	3rd	Summer break	4th	2nd
St. George	1:30 – 3:30pm (Third Friday)	Crofts End Church 1 Crofts End Road, St. George, Bristol, BS5 7UW	19th	17th	21st	19th	Summer break	20th	18th

Independent Carers Groups

There are also several other support groups in the area run by different organisations. Please note these groups are independent and not run by Carers Support Centre and this may not be a comprehensive list. Please ring the contact given for more information and to check details.