Tameside Carers Centre

08/09/2026

🎨Our Craft sessions for September are now fully booked day/evening. If you have not managed to book onto one of these sessions and would like to attend in October please contact us on [email protected] or call 0161 342 3344

08/09/2026

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Emotional Freedom Tapping this morning at Dukinfield Town Hall at 10am 😀

This evening we have our evening sound bath meditation session, reminder this is at 4C Community Centre for anyone booked onto this 🧘‍♀️

07/09/2026

🌿We have a few places remaining on this workshop tomorrow, if you are finding your caring role stressful then this is for you!!

We are unsure when this will run again, so please take advantage of this free session and contact us to book.
Venue: 10am - Dukinfield Town Hall

07/09/2026

We have place become available on our Ancestry Sessions starting Thursday 10am - 12:00 😀
Are you curious as to where your ancestors originate from, who they were, what they did for work....could you be royalty 🫅

if this interests you we are running a 6 week Course with people who have researched genealogy for over 30 years so experts in their field.
if you are interested please contact [email protected] or 0161 342 3344

07/09/2026

It is the start of our Digital Course this morning....waiting to welcome everyone at 9:30am 😀

03/09/2026

This may be a useful webinar for anyone that may wish to sign up, please use the notification below for the webinar 😀

Want to learn more about the relationship between Parkinson’s and dementia?

Don’t forget to sign up for our webinar, taking place in three weeks on Wednesday 9 September, held in collaboration with the Journal of Parkinson's Disease and the University of Edinburgh.

Chaired by Professor Tilo Kunath, the panellists include:

- Professor John-Paul Taylor, Professor of Translational Dementia Research at Newcastle University and an Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry at the Tyne and Wear NHS Trust.
- Jacqui Cannon, CEO of The Lewy Body Society, a UK-based charity that funds research to understand, diagnose, and better treat Lewy body dementia.
- Professor Iracema Leroi, Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Site Director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity.

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-parkinsons-and-dementia-tickets-1996625559797?aff=CPSocial

03/09/2026

Exciting.... We have a start date for our weekly sessions from Wednesday 23 September at 10am - 12:00, even if you can attend for some of the session it will be amazing to see you💙
TO BOOK please email [email protected] or call 0161 342 3344

Some of the activities will be:
NATURE WALKS
• Around the hospital site
• To Chadwick Dam
• Seasonal foraging walks eg blackberrying
• Focus on nature skills, eg tree ID, birdsong

GARDENING ACTIVITIES
• Wildflower seed and plug planting
• Spring bulb planting
• Cutting back overgrown
• Making and painting bug hotels
• Seed gathering

NATURE CONNECTION/MINDFUL MOMENTS
• Listening to bird song and other natural sounds
• Tree ID skills
• Minibeast Hunt
• Using apps like Merlin and iNaturalist to learn more about nature

NATURE ART & CRAFTS
• Autumn leaf art
• Cyanotypes
• Making clay creatures
• Painting and sketching
• Leaf rubbings
• Nature Journalling

Our list is much larger than this lots planned 😀

02/09/2026

🔍2 spaces have become available👪

Do you fancy starting your family history journey, to find out about your ancestors not just names but who were they and where did they live and work.

This is a 6 week course is facilitated by volunteers with over 30 years experience in family history research.

This is only a small group due to computer space, please note you are supported by the researchers on computers so you do not need to have computer knowledge please contact to book at [email protected] or call 0161 342 3344

02/09/2026

✨As all our FREE carers activities restart next week we are excited to welcome everyone who has booked and reminders have been sent for the following:

Carers Digital Course - starting Monday
EFT Workshop - Tuesday
Evening Sound Bath Meditation - Starting Tuesday 6pm
Ancestry Sessions - Starting Thursday

Could we kindly ask if you have received a reminder and unable to attend you could let us know as soon as possible as we do have waiting lists for some of the sessions ❤️

If you would like to know more about what activities, courses or events we hold please contact us at [email protected] or call 0161 342 3344

02/09/2026

This was something we talked about in our Dementia Group yesterday 💙

Sundowning can make late afternoons and evenings really tough for people living with dementia. As the day winds down, confusion or agitation can rise - sometimes because of something that happened earlier, sometimes because a need isn’t being met. Gentle reassurance, distraction, and familiar memories can help bring them back to a calmer place.

Here are 3 tips to help you navigate a loved one experiencing sundowning:

1. Sometimes what seems like ‘sundowning’ could be the person trying to communicate a need. This could be needing the toilet, feeling hungry or being in pain.

2. Uneven indoor lighting and reflective surfaces can sometimes cause confusion by creating disturbing shadows or mirrors. Close the curtains or blinds once it starts to get dark and cover the television with a dust cover, if it’s not being used.

3. If they seem unsettled, think about whether something earlier in the day may have affected them. Try calming them with distraction - like talking about a favourite memory. If they stay agitated, they may have an unmet need.

If you’re supporting someone through this, you’re doing an incredible job. 💙