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To help with form filling we are offering Carers Assessment Open Days in our office with help on hand from staff. The next one is at Meon House in Portswood from 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm on: Saturday 16th February. Read more
Capable Creatures’ Peer Support Walk meets every 4th Tuesday at 11.45am meeting outside the Hawthorn Urban Wildlife Centre on the Southampton Common. You do not need a dog to join in. Family, friends, PAs, carers and children are welcome. £1 contribution towards the insurance necessary to hold these walks. The walk is about 2 miles (3.2km) and finishes at about 1.30pm Read more
An exhibition of latest solutions for independent living: Leading organisations developing and supplying technological products to help carers will be at The Spark, Southampton Solent University on Tuesday 19th March 2019 from 10am to 4pm. Carers can book a free lunch, available from 12 to 2pm. Carers registering and attending will be entered into a Prize Draw for a Tablet PC. Read more
Saturday 25th May 2019 11am – 4pm at Palmerston Park, Southampton. A showcase of opportunities for people living with dementia and their carers to live as full citizens of Southampton. This event aims to communicate what’s available in the city and beyond for people affected by dementia Read more
Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) have partnered with Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar to win a flight in a Spitfire. The generous prize has been donated to help NST celebrate their first birthday in NST City, Southampton’s city centre theatre and to raise income for NST’s Impact Fund which funds projects for local young people and emerging artists. Raffle tickets are £5 and are available from NST’s Box Office by calling 023 8067 1771 or at www.nstheatres.co.uk. Read more
New research by Carers UK reveals that 2.6 million have quit their job to care for a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill. This is a 12% increase since the public were polled in 2013. Read more
Southampton Tiembank organise skills exchanges wth 1 hour given = 1 hour taken. Recent requests: corner floating shelves need putting up, someone to hem some flared trousers, someone to put a sliding door back on its runner, sewing a ribbon edge to some knitted blankets, making up some party bags, a chruch looking for some occasional support cleaning Read more
From Southampton Family Trust a course covering: Valuing what you do as a parent · Feeling better about yourself · Helping your children manage their behaviours Read more
The latest Carers in Southampton Newsletter is ready for you to read Read more
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for patients, carers and relatives to come and tell their story to the Trust Board about your experience of care. Your stories will help them know what they are doing right and where they might improve. Read more
