Whether juggling family and work commitments to provide care a few hours a week, or caring 24 hours each day, if you provide regular help and support to a partner, relative or friend because they cannot manage without your help, then Carers Link is here for you.
In East Dunbartonshire 1 Person in 8 is a Carer.
We run several Carer Groups where Carers regularly come together with others in a similar situation to chat, to share experiences or to hear relevant talks and take part in activities. Please click on the links below to read more about each group:
Perhaps you have an idea for another group that you would like to set up with our help. If so, please contact us. We can:
If you would like the chance to meet other Carers then this could be what you’re looking for.
This support group meets on a monthly basis and is open to any Carer who would welcome the opportunity to socialise, share information, offer mutual support, drink coffee, eat biscuits and have a ‘richt guid blether.’ Feel free to come along whenever you can. Blether meets on the second Friday of each month from 10.30am – 12.30pm and is open to all Carers. The group usually meets at our offices in Milngavie Enterprise Centre, but occasionally moves across the road to the Milngavie Youth Café, depending on activities. We hope to start a second Blether group elsewhere in East Dunbartonshire. If you would be interested in attending, please get in touch and let us know your preferred location and we will do our best to arrange a second group to suit demand.
To see the Blether programme for the next few months please go to What’s On or contact us for details.
De Café is open to Carers of people with Dementia, and to those they care for. It is a chance to come along for a coffee and a chat with others in a similar situation and is held in the Baptist Church, Kirkintilloch from 1.30pm – 3pm on the last Friday of the month.
Meeting on the first Tuesday of the month from 1pm –3.30pm, this group is for male Carers and former Carers who live or care for someone in East Dunbartonshire. There are sometimes additional events that are date dependent and which run in addition to the normal meeting times.
Generally the group meets at Milngavie Youth Café and group members can drop in for all or part of the time, but if we are going to an arranged event then you will need to let us know in advance that you are coming so that we can arrange suitable transport for the group. To see the Men’s Group programme for the next few months please go to What’s On or contact us for details.
This group aims to provide Carers of those with poor mental health with the opportunity to meet and share experiences in a social situation. whilst having the chance to learn about coping mechanisms and to hear input from professionals who work in the mental health field. We have speakers some months, while other months are purely social.
The group meets from 7pm – 9pm on the third Thursday of the month in the offices of Ceartas Advocacy, Suites 5-7, McGregor House, 10 Donaldson Crescent, Kirkintilloch.
To see the group programme for the next few months please go to What’s On or contact us for details.
