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Events and training for unpaid carers across the Vale of Glamorgan

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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, taking 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 is backed by eight major charities.

 

The theme for 2025 is ‘Caring About Equality’ 

 

Carers week 2025 

 

Upcoming events

 

Thursday 12th June, : CF61, Llantwit Major, CF61 1ST 11:30am-2pm 

Tuvida are hosting a Carers' Week session in partnership with Vale Council Carers Team, at CF61,in Llantwit Major for unpaid carers.

 

Meet other carers and come along and find out more about the help and support available to you from more than the dozen organisations including Citizens Advice, DWP, Llais, Diverse Cymru, Effro and many others.  You can also speak to New Law about a legal matter such as a Power of Attorney.

 

For more information ring 02921 921024 or visit: https://www.facebook.com/valecarers

 

Monday 16 June, 11am-12pm: Mind Body Mood with Jane Breeze

This interactive session will offer ideas and techniques to improve your mood by understanding the power of the mind to change the way we feel, the way we move, and the way we behave.

 

We will cover how basic Neuro Linguistic Planning words and phrases can help or hinder the way we feel and why certain words and thoughts can have a greater effect than others.

 

We will also look at how changing posture and movement can impact our thoughts and ultimately our moods, giving participants a range of ways to feel calmer, stronger, more resilient and more in control again.

 

Register for free - Monday 16th June 11am - 12pm - Mind Body Mood


Welcome to the Penarth Chamber Music Festival 19 – 22 June 2025

There are two, concerts taking place in Penarth in mid-June, and both are FREE to attend.  Everyone is very welcome to come along.

 

Relaxed Concert

When: Thursday June 19th, starting at 10.30am

Where: Penarth Pier Pavilion, CF64 3AU

There is a special concert in a supportive environment for those with additional learning needs and their unpaid carers.  The music will include highlights from the festival programme.

 

Please note there is no need to maintain silence or keep still during this performance.

 

We feel passionately that the power of live music should be able to experienced by all, and we particularly welcome those with special needs, their carers, and their families.

https://www.penarthchambermusicfestival.org.uk/events/2025-relaxed-concert

 

Family Concert: “Chamber Music for the Imagination”

When: Saturday 21st June, starting at 10.30am

Where: All Saints Church, Victoria Square, Penarth, CF64 3EJ

 

Join Lenny Sayers and the festival musicians for an interactive concert. An hour of fun for all the family, including performers from a Penarth Primary School.

 

Family Concert — Penarth Chamber Music Festival

 

For more information

Home | Penarth Chamber Music Festival

Email info@penarthchambermusicfestival.org.uk

FB https://www.facebook.com/penarthchambermusicfestival/

  

 

Training

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.

 

30th June 2025  and  14th 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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