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 Family and Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

CARERS SUPPORT AND SOCIAL GROUPS:

JUST BREATHE SESSIONS

Online weekly: Mondays (9am-9.30am)

In these sessions carers learn breathing exercises to help alleviate emotional distress, reduce stress, and improve wellbeing. The essentials of breathwork are based around re-learning how to breathe in a way that better supports health.

CARERS PEER-SUPPORT GROUPS

In person, weekly (Mondays 11.15am–12.45pm) (Bookable only) St Vianney’s Church, Heathfield Road, Bexleyheath

Join our friendly group for relatives and friends who are affected by another person’s mental health problems and/or drug and alcohol use. The group provides information and the opportunity to connect with and be supported by others who have similar experiences. You are free to share as little or as much as you feel comfortable. You can ask questions and learn or share helpful information with others in the group.

Carers support and drop in at Devonshire Road every 2nd and 4th Monday 2pm to 3pm

Mind in Bexley and Pier Road 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’re welcome to 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 Family and Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

FAMILY AND CARERS INFORMATION SESSIONS

Information sharing and learning sessions

Fortnightly Face-to-Face Mental Health Inpatient and Crisis Services, Family and Carers information sessions.

For family members and carers of someone who are under the Bexley Home Treatment Team or a patient on Millbrook or Lesney Ward.

These sessions are an opportunity to ask questions about the care your relative or friend is receiving. Learn about mental health conditions, associated behaviour, treatment, discharge planning and receive helpful support and advice regarding your situation.

For information and dates of the sessions, please email the Family and Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

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 Family and Carers Service at: carers@mindinbexley.org.uk

CARERS PSYCHO-EDUCATION WORKSHOPS (coming soon – please contact us for details)

These workshops are for mental health carers and are being run in partnership with Mind in Bexley and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Topics Include:

  • Being a carer
  • Communication skills
  • Dealing with difficult behaviour
  • Relapse prevention

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