National Carers Week – Book a Break

Posted on behalf of Zoe Gilling, Business Manager

National Carers Week is drawing to a close. This year, the theme for the week was ‘The True Face of Carers’. It calls for greater recognition for the diverse range of people who give up their time, money and health to look after somebody else.

We are also coming to the end of our Book a Break from Caring project funded by the Department of Health’s innovation fund. To date, this fund has enabled us to introduce approximately forty carers to the benefits of shared reading by incorporating Get into Reading tasters into an established Caring with Confidence course, through running Get into Reading sessions and by providing free training in reading aloud with someone you care for.

Through this project funding we are running one final training session in reading aloud with someone you care for.  The course is open to all carers, and is free of charge, with travel expenses paid. The course will be held at 19 Abercromby Square on Wednesday 29^th June between 2pm and 5pm, and on Wednesday 6^th July between 2pm and 5pm.  If you are a carer, or know a carer who might like more information or to book a place on this course please contact Michele Doyle on micheledoyle@thereader.org.uk or telephone 0151 794 2830.

We took part in the Carers week celebrations by attending a carers event hosted by Wirral CVS and another hosted by Local Solutions.  The event at Local Solutions held at St George’s Hall and was opened by the Mayor of Liverpool. Here are Zoe and Michele at the event befriending the Town Crier.