Events and training for unpaid carers across the Vale of Glamorgan

Events

Carers’ Week 2025 (June 9th – June 15th)

A carer is someone who provides unpaid care and support to a family member or friend who has a disability, long term illness, mental health condition, addiction, or who needs extra help as they grow older. It isn’t someone who volunteers or is employed to provide support.

Carers’ Week, took place from 9 -15 June, is a UK-wide awareness campaign looking to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. It was backed by eight major charities.

The theme for 2025 is ‘Caring About Equality’

Carers week 2025

Training

Manual Handling Training Course For Unpaid Carers

On Thursday 14 August 2025, The Vale of Glamorgan Council are offering a three-hour course on manual handling for unpaid carers who live in the Vale. The course will be run by Rachelle Church, Manual Handling Co-ordinator of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

Who is the course aimed at?

Do you provide unpaid care for someone in the community (family member or friend) living in the Vale of Glamorgan?

Do want to help someone in and out of a chair or a bed?

Do you want to know how to help someone after a fall?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you may want to attend our manual handling next training session.

Please complete the online form to register

Although held in a manual handling training room setting, the sessions are very informal, and we’ll even give you a cuppa and a biscuit.

Where and when is the course?

The course will be held in Civic Offices, Barry CF63 4RT in Barry on Thursday 14^th August from 10am to 1pm.

Food

Please note that hot drinks will be provided but not food.

Parking

There are car parking spaces available at the rear of the civic offices. After parking, can you make your way to the main reception by 09:50am.

Is there any cost to you?

The training provided will be free of charge.

There is however a cost to the Vale of Glamorgan Council in putting on any courses for unpaid carers, so please make every effort to attend this course. We will require at least 24 hours’ notice if you are unable to attend the course.

Moving and Handling: Practical guidance for Parents and Informal Carers

Do you help to care for someone and need a little bit of moving and handling guidance?

Do you want to know about some safer manual handling practices when assisting a person to move; or what equipment is available?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, you may want to attend one of our manual handling workshops.

Although held in a manual handling training room setting, the workshops are very informal, and we’ll even give you a cuppa and a biscuit; you don’t have to stay for the whole session.

14^th August 2025

09:45 - 12:30: Assisting with standing, walking and sitting, what are my options?

Safer handling practices without equipment
Safer handling practices with equipment

12:50-16:30: Safer Use of profiling beds and hoist transfers.

Safer use of an electric profiling bed
Safer principles of applying a patient sling and using a hoist
Hoisting to / from chair & bed

Venue: Cardiff Social Care Training and Development Team, Room 225 County Hall, Cardiff, CF10 4UW

Places are limited, to book onto a workshop or for further advice contact:

Ffon/Tel..02920 871111

E-bost/Email twindels@cardiff.gov.uk

Manual Handling Adviser / Trainer

Julie.Lever3@cardiff.gov.uk Sian.Hendley@cardiff.gov.uk

Social Care Partnership Workforce Development Officers

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