Care4Me Welcome to our interactive and informative sessions for unpaid carers! Self-care for carers Many carers are having a tough time right now. Whether it’s the cost-of-living crisis having an impact, not being able to get a break or struggling with your own health needs - the life of a care giver can be a challenging one. At WAC many of our team are carers themselves so we understand how hard the role can be and we are passionate about carer support ! When caring gets tough the first thing to suffer can be the carers own health and wellbeing and many carers really struggle to find the time and energy for their own self-care. We want to make this a little easier so we have brought together our most popular wellbeing sessions into one program and will be launching this in April. Our new Care4Me program is upbeat, and interactive it will bring carers together to explore a wide range of tried and tested self-care approaches including, Mindfulness, Stress Management, and Food and Mood. In each session we will explore a new topic together, there will be plenty of chat, plenty of new ideas to test out and lots of time to meet other carers in a similar situation. And yes there will be coffee and cake ! 17th April : Introducing Heartmath - a new take on stress management Would you like to learn how to deal with stresses of day to day a little better? HeartMath is a new program of simple and easy to use techniques designed to help us dial down stress and dial up our ability to cope with pressure. Come and join this upbeat session where we introduce HeartMath and how it can support us to live more calmly and cope a little better with lifes ups and downs 1st May Food and Mood : exploring the connection between what we eat and how it makes us feel This workshop explores the connection between what we eat and how we feel and how this is a two-way relationship. It covers some essential key food and mood messages that support and promote good mental health through diet. Participants will leave the workshop with improved understanding of how to make positive changes to their diets to support energy, concentration, relaxation, and mood and develop a personal action plan to help them put what they have learned into practice. We don’t cover weight loss in this session. 15th May Sleep Hygiene – How to get a better nights Sleep Many of us struggle to sleep sometimes; whether it's not being able to get to sleep or waking up and not being able to get back to sleep, good quality rest isn't always easy to find. Come and join this interactive online session where we share experiences, think about what works (and what doesn't work) and explore tips and strategies to help us get some better zzzz's! 5th June Mindfulness a self-care approach to bring moments of calm and relaxation to your life This upbeat and interactive session will introduce mindfulness as a self-help technique. We’ll explore some simple ideas around mindfulness and try out some different techniques together. The exercises we will explore are designed to help you feel more restful, relaxed and positive about life. You will leave the session with some tips on how to use mindfulness in day-to-day life. We really look forward to seeing you at Tibberton Village Hall, Committee Room on the 15th May. All the information you need will be sent in a booking confirmation email and we will send you a reminder a couple of days prior to the event. Please note: this is a program of events, so if you book to attend, you will be booked for all the sessions listed. Please note, these sessions are for carers who are signed up to receive our services here at Worcestershire Association of Carers. Don’t Worry - if you haven't already registered with us, you can join us by using the self-referral button on our website. You can also contact us via phone, email or webchat for more support to sign up to our events. We offer a wide range of information, advice, support, training, activities, carer voice and many more opportunities to support you in your caring role as well as these fantastic events and we look forward to welcoming you. Should you wish to contact us with any queries, or to sign up you can do so by contacting: 0300 012 4272[email protected]www.carersworcs.org We hope you enjoy the session and look forward to seeing you there. Sorry, this event is now sold out.