CARERS SUPPORT GROUPS AND WELLBEING ACTVITIES

Information about the wide range of Carers Support Groups and Wellbeing Activities that are delivered by Mind in Bexley

For information on any of the carers support groups and wellbeing activities, please call 0203 912 0030 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) or email the Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

CARERS SUPPORT GROUPS:

Carers peer-support group at Devonshire Road, Bexleyheath (every 2nd and 4th Monday 2pm to 3.30pm)

Mind in Bexley carers are welcome to join us for a social event. We meet at the Mind in Bexley office at 2a Devonshire Road, Bexleyheath DA6 8DS, where you can drop in and have a chat, in an informal safe environment. We also provide tea, coffee and biscuits.

For information and dates of the sessions, please call 0203 912 0030 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) or email the Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

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CARERS INFORMATION SESSIONS

Information sharing and learning sessions

The Woodlands Unit Mental Health Inpatient and Crisis Services

Face-to-face fortnightly on Wednesdays at 5pm–6pm – at the Woodlands Unit

This group is run in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Inpatient & Crisis Mental Health Services and is for relatives or friends of someone who is under the Bexley Home Treatment Team or a patient on Millbrook or Lesney Ward, The Woodlands Unit, Queen Marys’ Hospital, Sidcup.

You can join in as little or as much you feel comfortable.

Ask questions and learn about helpful information for carers. Mental Health Practitioners and Carers’ Support Workers facilitate this group and can address any concerns or questions carers may have relating to their relative or friend’s condition and treatment.

For information and dates of the sessions, please call 0203 912 0030 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) or email the Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

1:1 Emotional Support

There is also the option for carers to access up to six sessions of one-to-one personalised/resourced based Carers Support, via telephone or video.

These sessions will be with a mental health carers support worker or with one of our carers support volunteers. They will help you to explore how things are for you. We provide information, advice and support that is tailored to meet your personal needs such as:

  • Helping you to think about how caring impacts on you, and your life
  • Providing practical and emotional support for you to manage your own wellbeing and help you with your caring relationship
  • Giving you practical tools and techniques to manage daily life as a mental health carer
  • Helping you navigate your way round the support services available to you and the person you care for

For information about the emotional support, please call 0203 912 0030 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) or email the Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

Carers Online Evening Peer-Support Group (via MS Teams)

This group runs fortnightly on Wednesdays – 5.30pm-6:30pm

Join us for our Carers Evening Peer Support Online Group, a safe and confidential space where carers can connect, share experiences and support one another.

The group also provides an opportunity to exchange helpful information and resources with fellow carers.

Why not make a cup of tea or coffee and be part of the conversation?

For information about the emotional support, please call 0203 912 0030 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) or email the Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk