Sefton Carers Centre

24/08/2026

☕ Parent Carer Drop-In Sessions Are Back This Autumn! ☕

Are you a parent carer looking for advice, support, or simply a friendly chat over a brew?

The Sefton Carers Centre Parent Carer Team would love to welcome you to their weekly drop-in sessions this September and October.

📅 Wednesdays from 2 September to 21 October 2026
🕙 10am - 12pm
📍 Talbot Street Family Hub, Southport

📅 Thursdays from 3 September to 22 October 2026
🕙 10am - 12pm
📍 Netherton Family Hub, Netherton

These informal sessions are a great opportunity to:
✅ Meet other parent carers
✅ Access information and support
✅ Share experiences in a welcoming environment
✅ Find out about local services and opportunities

No need to book, just drop in and say hello! ☕

For more information:
📧 [email protected]
📞 0151 288 6060

We look forward to seeing you there! 💚

24/08/2026

📢 Parent & Carer Information Session – Preparing for Secondary School

Is your child with SEND currently in Year 4 or Year 5?

Sefton Educational Needs & Inclusion Service (SENIS) is hosting an online information session to help families prepare for the transition to secondary school and make informed school choices.

During the session, you'll explore:
✅ Understanding transition and recognising every child's journey is unique
✅ Making confident school choices
✅ Supporting your child to share their views, preferences and feelings
✅ Resources, tools and questions to support successful school visits and transitions

📅 Tuesday 8 September 2026
🕘 9:00am – 10:00am or
🕕 6:00pm – 7:00pm
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

There is no need to book in advance, simply join at your preferred time on the day.

💻 Microsoft Teams meeting details:
👉 Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35435589088605?p=DX9D1xvFkMj4zIsSgI
👉 Meeting ID: 354 355 890 886 05
👉 Passcode: yT7o8pt3

Please share with any parents or carers who may find this helpful.

21/08/2026

🗣️✊ Wondering what your rights are as a Carer? Explore your rights now as a Carer!

Learn about your right to a carer’s assessment, statutory rights at work and the financial support you might be entitled to, all in a short and easy module with Carers UK and their FREE digital platform for Carers!

👉 Start here: carersdigital.org
Click 'Get Free Access', 'Register' and then type in the code: Sefton

Need a hand signing up? Message us here, email [email protected] or call 0151 288 6060.

Also see the dedicated page on the website including a video on how to sign-up!
💻 https://sefton-carers.org.uk/carersuk-digital-resource-for-carers/

18/08/2026

💳🪙💷 Worried about money while caring? There’re bite‑size courses and guides covering benefits, health costs, debt, household bills, disability‑related expenses and pensions....all in plain English and at your pace. With Carers UK and their FREE digital platform for Carers!

👉 Start here: carersdigital.org
Click 'Get Free Access', 'Register' and then type in the code: Sefton

Need a hand signing up? Message us here, email [email protected] or call 0151 288 6060.

Also see the dedicated page on the website including a video on how to sign-up!
💻 https://sefton-carers.org.uk/carersuk-digital-resource-for-carers/

17/08/2026

📢 Have Your Say on the Future of Adult Social Care

Care affects us all. Whether you currently use care services, support a loved one, work in the sector, or simply care about the future of adult social care, your voice matters.

The Big Conversation on Care is now open, giving everyone the opportunity to help shape what a future National Care Service in England could look like. The conversation explores important questions about how we support older people, people living with disabilities or serious illness, unpaid carers, and families across our communities.

✅ Share your views
✅ Read what others think
✅ Help shape the future of care

Find out more and take part here: 🔗 http://caseycommission.co.uk/bigconversation/

17/08/2026

ℹ️😇👐 Strand By Me Drop-In with Max! - TODAY!

A friendly reminder that our fabulous Max is at Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle for our monthly pop-in event today! Alzheimer's Society Sefton Community Connectors

If you're an unpaid carer, come along between 12pm to 3pm for advice and support to improve your health and wellbeing. We look forward to seeing you there!

👐 Strand By Me
📅 TODAY!
🕐 12pm-3pm
📍 Bootle Strand

14/08/2026

14/08/2026

🎟️ Support Sefton Carers Centre and be in with a chance to win!

Did you know you can support local carers and young carers across Sefton for just £1 per week?

Play today 👇
https://www.seftoncommunitylottery.co.uk/support/sefton-carers-centre

By choosing Sefton Carers Centre through the Sefton Community Lottery, you'll be helping us continue providing vital support, activities, advice and opportunities for unpaid carers in our community.

✅ Tickets from £1 per week
✅ Chance to win up to £25,000
✅ Support local carers and young carers

Sefton Community Lottery is a local fundraising lottery run in partnership with Sefton Council for Voluntary Service - CVS and Gatherwell Ltd, helping voluntary, community and faith organisations across Sefton raise unrestricted funds.

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

🫂🧑‍🤝‍🧑👪 Are you a carer looking after a loved one? - FREE online help for Carers is here!

Sefton Carers can now access FREE online help any time, anywhere, thanks to our partnership with Carers UK meaning bite‑size learning, practical guides and tools to support your money, wellbeing and caring role are all available to you at the click of a button!

👉 Register: https://carersdigital.org (tap Register)
🔑 Use access code: Sefton

Including e‑learning and guides on:
🔵Carers’ rights
🔵Benefits & finances
🔵Sleep & stress
🔵Planning care conversations
🔵Technology
🔵Caring .. and much more!

Need a hand signing up? Message us here, email [email protected] or call 0151 288 6060. Also see the dedicated page on the website including a video on how to sign-up!

💻 https://sefton-carers.org.uk/2025/11/17/carersuk-digital-resource-launched/