Connect with other Carers

A chance to be with others who ‘get it’

We believe good relationships are important for your mental and emotional wellbeing. They can help you to build a sense of belonging and self-worth, give you an opportunity to share positive experiences and provide emotional support and allow you to care for loved ones and others.
There are lots of things you could try to help build stronger and closer relationships and the Wellbeing Academy offers the following activities and opportunities to enable carers to connect.

• Peer Support Groups

Our peer support groups come in many guises and provide a range of ways for carers to connect, some of these have been coproduced by carers and some have been developed in partnership with our longstanding collaborators.
Our groups cover many issues relating to different conditions:

• Bereavement & Grief
• Renal Failure
• Mental Health
• Learning Disability or Autism,
• Dementia
• LGBTQI+ Carers

You can also connect with other carers through our weekly shared activities such as:

• Arts, Crafts and Conversation
• Shared Reading for Carers
• Creative Writing

We believe that sharing and connecting as carers means you have the opportunity to feel less isolated and to mix with likeminded carers to enable better wellbeing.