Carers Training
There’s strong evidence that many carers are unaware of their rights, and this lack of knowledge may be a barrier to accessing vital support. We offer free, accessible training for unpaid carers of people with dementia to ensure they have a greater understanding of their rights, and how to access them.
National Lotteries Community Fund
In 2024 we were awarded funding from the National Lotteries Communities Fund. This has enabled us to develop our work supporting unpaid carers. As well as continuing to offer our range of carers' rights workshops for individuals, community groups and carer organisations, we will be engaging further with carers to learn where there are gaps in training in order to develop new workshops.
Current topics for our friendly, interactive workshops include:
- An Introduction to carers' rights
- The Carers (Act) Scotland 2016, with a focus on Adult Carer Support Plans
- Hospital admissions and discharge
- Self-Directed Support
- Power of Attorney and other advance decision making
- Welfare benefits and income maximisation for carers
- Residential Care Costs
How to take part
We recognise that carers are often busy people, so our scheduled workshops will last a maximum of 90 minutes and we send out follow up information to all our attendees.
Carers’ Rights: An Introduction to Carers’ Rights 2nd December 2024
An introduction to the different rights of unpaid carers in Scotland, including those set out in legislation.
Carers’ Rights: Hospital Admissions and Discharge 12th November 2024
This workshop covers carers’ rights in relation to hospital discharge and other considerations for carers during a hospital admission and stay.
Carers’ Rights: Power of Attorney 19th November 2024
An introduction to power of attorney, with a particular focus on the role of the attorney.
Introduction to Residential Care Costs
An Introduction to Residential Care Costs in Scotland. Free training run on Zoom.
Your Rights and Hospital Admissions and Discharge - Self Study
This self-study course covers carers’ rights in relation to hospital discharge and other considerations for carers during a hospital admission and stay.
Your Rights and Self-Directed Support
This workshop will provide an introduction to self-directed support, enabling participants to learn more about what this is, what this can mean for carers and how to access it.
Your Rights and the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 Self Study
This self study course provides an introduction to the Carers Act legislation and what this means for carers, with a particular focus on the Adult Carer Support Plan.
Your Rights and the Carers (Scotland) Act 31st October
An interactive online session aimed at unpaid carers in Scotland. This workshop will provide an introduction to the Carers (Scotland) Act and what this means for carers, with a particular focus on the Adult Carer Support Plan.