Building resilience and wellbeing in your kinship family workshop
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Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for kinship carers living in England and Wales. A kinship carer is someone who has stepped in to raise a child or children when their parents can’t.
The workshop will give you the chance to try out some tools that will help you to look after yourself and your family. We know that all too often kinship carers are the anchor in the family and you tell us it can be all consuming.
If you would like to learn how to build resilience and wellbeing for you and your family, so you can face challenges as they come up, this is the workshop for you.
Please note that this workshop was previously named ‘Self care for kinship carers’.
What will be covered?
The workshop will include information about:
- why self care is important
- resilience and self care
- preventative work
- coping techniques
After the workshop you will receive a handout and the presentation slides via email along with a feedback survey.
Please note that Cheryl (the workshop facilitator) has worked with Kinship and kinship carers to develop this workshop, and she is contracted for this workshop.
Kinship is not responsible for other content produced outside of these workshops.
Important – how to join the workshop
All workshops will be held online using a free platform called Zoom. Please note that numbers are limited for each session to around 12-15 people to allow you to meet other kinship carers.
You can access Zoom through a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or even your phone. You may need to download Zoom before you join, please factor in time to do that. The best experience will be through a computer or laptop. Watch a video on how to join a Zoom meeting.
Please make sure you:
- sign in to Zoom before joining the workshop
- click on the Zoom link in the email we sent you
- make sure you join on time – late joiners might not be admitted after 15 minutes
- have a pen / pencil and paper to make notes
About Cheryl:
Cheryl’s passion is Mental Health & Wellbeing for both individuals in their personal lives and also in the workplace. Through her Giraffe Resilience program, she has helped many individuals with their mental wellbeing. Cheryl also runs her own private counselling & psychotherapy practice in Cheltenham, Cirencester and online. Cheryl holds a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance, is a certified Level 1 Mindfulness Teacher and holds a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is also trained through Oxford University to teach Mindfulness for Business and is a Brain Friendly Learning Practitioner.
"Brilliant little workshop that offers insight and tips that can really help. The tips are actually practical in that they take a few moments but deliver great results."
What happens if you need to cancel your place?
We understand that life gets in the way sometimes, so if you need to cancel your place please do try and let us know as soon as possible.
You’ll be able to do this through:
- the email confirmation you received when you first booked
- or by emailing us on: workshops@kinship.org.uk
