Carers Centre Tower Hamlets Academy:
Improving and enriching the lives of unpaid carers through educational support and learning.
Welcome to the Carers Academy – a unique service provided by The Carers Centre Tower Hamlets. We provide information, inspiration and support for current and former carers.
We know from personal experience how difficult it is to take time for ourselves when in the midst of looking after someone else, especially those with complex needs. AND how easy it is to feel and become socially isolated. All our courses are free, and we aim to provide learning at your own pace.
Whether you want to improve your manual handling and first aid skills, train to care for a specific illness, update your technical skills, or increase your financial management and English-language knowledge, we should have something for you.
The Academy also offers a range of opportunities to connect with others and reduce some of the stresses of daily life through health and well-being courses.
Whether you’re new to caring, extremely experienced or somewhere in between, The Carers Academy is a place to learn, to connect and to become part of a caring community.
The only qualification you need to join the Academy is to be a current or former carer.
To attend all you need to do is register with us. Make an appointment now
If you’d like come to any of these courses and you are a carer registered with us please apply here:
Course place request
Events in December 2020–February 2021
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New Carer Induction
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New Carer Induction
ZOOMThis monthly workshop is for new carers or carers who have recently had/need an updated Carers Needs Assessment. You will be informed of the services offered by the Carers Centre, how we can support you with other organisations as well as giving you a chance to ask us questions. We strongly urge you attend as this induction will benefit you…
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Shared Reading for Carers
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Shared Reading for Carers
ZOOMThe group is made up of a trained Reader Leader, who reads a great novel, short story, or poem aloud. We stop and talk about what we have read. There is no need for group members to read aloud or speak – it’s fine to just listen. The idea is to create a space where people feel at ease.
Reading the literature aloud in real-time, means that everyone is involved in a shared, live experience. Group members are encouraged by the Reader Leader to respond personally, sharing feelings, thoughts and memories provoked by the reading.
Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the literature provides a shared language that can help us to understand ourselves – and others – better.
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Medication Management for Carers
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Medication Management for Carers
ZOOMThis workshop explores the do’s and don’ts of good medication management for you and the person you care for. We will discuss how to talk to Doctors and Pharmacists about the medications prescribed and how to avoid mistakes, safe medication disposal, good record keeping and side effects.
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Eating Disorders/Carers Workshop
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Eating Disorders/Carers Workshop
ZOOMDo you support someone who struggles with food, eating and body image? Would you like to help us design a workshop to help people like you? If so, please read on!
As part of the Community Transformation Programme, East London Foundation Trust (NHS) is working to dissolve boundaries between physical and mental health, and to increase the provision of community mental health support within Newham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
We are currently designing a workshop, to deliver skills-based strategies for family, friends and carers supporting people struggling with disordered eating. We want this workshop to be co-produced with experts-by-experience within the Community. The expertise and lived experience that you can bring will be a huge asset to the project and will help us to ensure that the workshop truly reflects your needs.
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Shared Reading for Carers
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Shared Reading for Carers
ZOOMThe group is made up of a trained Reader Leader, who reads a great novel, short story, or poem aloud. We stop and talk about what we have read. There is no need for group members to read aloud or speak – it’s fine to just listen. The idea is to create a space where people feel at ease.
Reading the literature aloud in real-time, means that everyone is involved in a shared, live experience. Group members are encouraged by the Reader Leader to respond personally, sharing feelings, thoughts and memories provoked by the reading.
Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the literature provides a shared language that can help us to understand ourselves – and others – better
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Shared Reading for Carers
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Shared Reading for Carers
ZOOMThe group is made up of a trained Reader Leader, who reads a great novel, short story, or poem aloud. We stop and talk about what we have read. There is no need for group members to read aloud or speak – it’s fine to just listen. The idea is to create a space where people feel at ease.
Reading the literature aloud in real-time, means that everyone is involved in a shared, live experience. Group members are encouraged by the Reader Leader to respond personally, sharing feelings, thoughts and memories provoked by the reading.
Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the literature provides a shared language that can help us to understand ourselves – and others – better.
Get in touch
The Carers Centre
21 Brayford Square
London, E1 0SG
020 7790 1765
Opening hours
Monday - Friday – 9.30am – 5pm
Saturday and Sunday – Closed
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