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Carers Week: Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training could be key

This week is Carers Week 2015. It is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

Carers and support workers work closely with us at the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS), and they also form an important group of people who could best benefit from Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All Inclusive Community Training.

In July 2014, a group attended a Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training workshop organised by Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sport (CSW Sport).

David Reynolds, a carer and support worker for the NHS, who attended the July training, said:

“Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training will help me to go on and promote healthy living, sport and daily activities with my service users. I think that this project is highly important to support carers and parents – it gives them access to the support and tools available to them.”

Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training is a creative, informal and informative workshop. It is designed to improve the skills and confidence of those who support disabled people to introduce physical activity and sport.

The workshop is for those who support disabled people of all ages within the community, and have an opportunity to put the training into practice; carers, support workers, parents and volunteers. It is not for qualified sports coaches.

Paul, a support worker who underwent the workshop in September thanks to Active Cumbria, told EFDS:

“I would definitely recommend the workshop to anyone who offers physical activities to disabled people. There are some great activity ideas and information that I would never have known if I had not been on this workshop. I now feel more confident and positive in my ability to effectively engage service users with different needs in activities”

Described as “opening the eyes” of participants, Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training celebrated its 1,000th trainee in the New Year, has trained dozens since and further sessions arranged for the remainder of 2015 across England.

Donna, Senior Care and Support Worker at County Durham Sport, concluded:

“Overall, the training has given me the knowledge, skills and confidence to assist staff and clients in reaching their full potential. I now feel that there is no activity that I or the people I support cannot be part of because I know there is always a creative way to ensure everyone who wants to be, is involved.”

This week, consider the contribution 6.5 million people make, caring unpaid for an ill, frail or disabled family member or friend. And think about whether Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training is something you, or someone you know, could benefit from undertaking.

For further information, please contact EFDS, email AK4A@efds.co.uk or telephone 01509 227751. Find us on Twitter @Eng_Dis_Sport, Facebook and LinkedIn.