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You Matter - Learn and Thrive, Part 1: The impact of being a carer (Dorking)

Pippbrook House, Reigate Road, Dorking, Mole Valley, RH4 1SH
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You Matter - Learn and Thrive is our brand new six week course for carers to help you improve your wellbeing and feel more informed and in control. With a different topic covered each week, this first session looks at the impact of being a carer and how it can affect you.

You Matter – Learn and Thrive

Caring can be fulfilling, but also brings a wide range of challenges, affecting your life and how you feel. 

Our new course aims to help you feel better as a carer, more informed, and more in control.

Running over six Fridays, in Dorking, our sessions will look at different topics, week by week.

You’ll hear from our staff and a wide variety of external organisations too – see list below. Plus there’ll be opportunities to chat with other carers.

Program

  • Week 1: Friday 2nd October – The impact of being a carer
  • Week 2: Friday 9th October – Wellbeing matters
  • Week 3: Friday 16th October – Your rights, your support
  • Week 4: Friday 23rd October – Connecting you to support
  • Week 5: Friday 30th October – Training and development
  • Week 6: Friday 6th November – Reflect and feedback

Details

Dates and times: Course runs on Fridays 10.30-1.30pm, starting Friday 2nd October, and finishing Friday 6th November.

Venue: Pippbrook House, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1SH
Parking: Pay & Display car park behind Dorking Halls RH4 1SG – Pippbrook House is a five minute walk across the road.

Lunch and refreshments are provided, please advise us of any dietary requirements.

There will be  a goody bag for attendees, presented at the final session.

Ideally you will be free to attend all six sessions. If you cannot, please let us know. Email [email protected] 

Attending organisations

Organisations coming to give advice and information during different sessions include:

  • Action for Carers, including our specialist Moving & Handling service, and our team for mental health carers
  • Age UK
  • Andy’s Men’s Club
  • CAP (debt help)
  • Clandon Wood
  • Crisis Payment
  • The Green Hub
  • Guildford Action
  • Mary Frances Trust
  • Men’s Sheds
  • Oakleaf
  • Shooting Stars
  • Surrey Coalition of Disabled People
  • Surrey Welfare Rights Unit (benefits information)
  • Tech Angels
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