Information for Carers

Contact details

Tel: 0808 802 1777

Email: carershubinfo@carersfederation.co.uk

WhatsApp or Text: 07814 678460

Adult Safeguarding Course – we still have spaces available

Carers Hub Service are offering carers the opportunity to complete a free online Adult Safeguarding Course. This can be completed in your own time, if you do not have access to a computer or laptop you can come into the office to complete it.

To book your place contact Carers Hub on 0808 802 1777 or email: carershubinfo@carersfederation.co.uk

Information from Nottingham City Council

Food vouchers and free activities clubs for families this Christmas

We’re continuing to support financially-vulnerable families this Christmas with free activity sessions for youngsters.

We’ve teamed up with the Nottingham Forest and Trent Bridge community trusts to deliver a host of activities across the holidays for pupils who receive free school meals. As well as the fun sessions, the children will also receive a nutritious meal. Funding comes through the Government’s Holiday Activity Scheme, which the council successfully bid for again this year.

Carer of loved one with Dementia / Rushcliffe Borough

Carers in Rushcliffe PCN please use this link – they have developed directories which are specific to Carers, Dementia and other issues in this area only.

Link – https://www.rushcliffehealth.org/directories

Notts Help Yourself have revised their leaflet, see attached. For 24/7 access to information and services in the County visit the website: https://www.nottshelpyourself.org.uk/kb5/nottinghamshire/directory/home.page

AskLion, for 24/7 access to information and services in the City visit the website:

https://www.asklion.co.uk/kb5/nottingham/directory/home.page

Free Training:

We find any learner are offering free training on Counselling Skills / Mental Health First Aid / Understanding Autism, click on the link for more information: www.wefindanylearner.com

Jobs Skilla Academy are offering free training – Level 1 in Retail, eligibility: 19+, UK resident, claiming UC/JSA/ESA or on a low income eg £20,319, click on the link for more information https://www.jobskilla.co.uk/course/remote-level-1-retail-knowledge-non-dev/

Music Training

Opus Music are offering carers Music training, you don’t need music or singing talent, just the interest and openness to find new ways to communicate.

7th February 2023 at Sutton in Ashfield and 9^th February at Radford Care Group both 10am – 3pm. The deadline to register is 14^th January 2024: contact@opusmusic.org or see the attached poster for the QR code to book on.

Community / Employment / Skills

Our Public Health Team has launched a campaign to raise awareness of gambling harm. The campaign has been carefully developed in collaboration with a co-production group, including residents with lived experience and aims not to attribute blame, be stigmatising or triggering.

Gambling can affect physical and mental health, damage relationships and leave people feeling lonely and isolated. It can also cause problems with employment, education, housing and lead to serious debt.

Gambling-related harm is under-recognised and often hidden. Many people being harmed by gambling do not see themselves as a person with a problem and don’t recognise the issues it’ is causing. When people do recognise they may have a problem, it can hard to talk about it, or to reach out for help because of guilt, shame or worry.

These are some of the signs which may help people recognise if gambling has become harmful to them, or someone they know. These include:

• Being preoccupied, struggling to concentrate or distracted by gambling
• Withdrawing from social activities to gamble instead
• ‘Chasing losses’ to try to win back money already lost
• Lying to others about the time or money spent on gambling
• Experiencing big changes to mood
• Having trouble sleeping

The campaign will highlight the risks and impacts of gambling, help people recognise when they or someone they know is at risk of gambling harm, and where to go to get support.

To learn more about gambling harm, and to find out about free advice and treatment services available in Nottingham, you can visit: www.asklion.co.uk/gamblingsupport

Bassetlaw Carer Support Group

Meet every 2^nd Tuesday of the month, 12.30pm – 2.30pm at Worksop Cricket Club, Central Avenue, Worksop, S80 1EN. This is a relaxed, informal group for those who support/care

for someone with a mental health condition. The group offers information, support, social opportunities and a chance to meet others with a similar experience, to share that greater understanding and knowledge of being a carer.