Free residential breaks in the country for carers

Drop-in group for carers
Booking
Recipes

'Carers Breaks' offers adult carers a complete ’break’ from their normal caring role. A chance to find peace and calm in a tranquil setting. Carers are also given opportunities to learn skills that will help sustain their caring role into the future. As well as getting away to a beautiful country setting, carers are helped to understand the dynamics of stress in their caring situation and offered simple methods drawn from yoga, tai chi, and meditation to promote a greater sense of well-being and ease. Massage is commonly made available to assist an experience of calm.

These breaks are funded by local government and other agencies and so are ‘free’ of charge to the carers.

To see pictures of the last Carers Break and some previous Breaks click Gallery.

Drop-in group for carers

This group meets from 2 to 3.30pm at fortnightly drop-ins in the Brighton Buddhist Centre. Upcoming meetings:
March 18
April 1, 15, 29
May 13, 27
June 10, 24

Booking

If you are a carer or work for carers, are over 18 and live in the Brighton & Hove area please contact Adult Social Care to find out how to secure a place on a break. Access Point Tel: (01273) 295555, email: accesspoint@brighton-hove.gov.uk. If you live in another area please contact Taravajra or Karunavira at Mindful Health Ltd (www.mindfulhealth.co.uk) to discuss the possibility of setting up a break in your area.

Breaks in 2010:
Brighton and Hove carers: September 20-22
Brent carers: September 10-12

Recipes

Many carers have enthused about the vegetarian food served on the Breaks so we are developing a recipe page on this site. See recipes to find out how to make the sun-dried tomato chutney and lasagna.

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