In the first year of the project, carers will be empowered, through the following workshops, within their caring role:
- Advocacy for self and others
- Carers rights and entitlements
- Reviews and tribunals
- Safeguarding awareness
- Understanding the system
- Condition awareness and management
- Behaviour management
- Dementia awareness
- Managing stress
- Diabetes
- Moving, lifting and handling
- Medicine management
- Health and well-being
- Aromatherapy
- Natural remedies
- Making natural beauty products
- Winter warmers
- Eating for health
- Creative arts
In the second year of the project, ten carer leads will be trained to co-deliver the above to other carers. Training will be certified or accredited:
- Carers and Advocacy
- Adult Carers Right
- Rights of Disabled Children and Young People
- Dispute Resolution
- Welfare Benefits Advocacy
- Introduction to Health and Well-Being
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- Mindfulness Meditation for Daily Living
- Fundamentals of Peer Counselling
- Building your Resilience
