Promas Caring for People CIC
Multi-award-winning Promas CIC supports unpaid carers in Cornwall.
Caring for a family member or friend requires specialised skill. It is often unexpected and comes with no training on how to cope. Unpaid carers often experience depression, anxiety and a multitude of physical illnesses brought on by their caring role. We offer a range of free services to help carers with physical and psychological wellbeing; practical, recreational and emotional.
Central to our working ethos is our commitment to the inclusive working and the principles of equality and diversity; this is at the core of all our work.
Our Services
Courses for unpaid carers
We deliver a wide range of free courses/sessions via , telephone, face to face and online to teach emotional, practical and resource skills, enabling carers to reduce their stress, meet other carers, stay well and continue in their caring roles. Please go to www.promas.co.uk for list of courses, venues, dates and how to access our online courses.
The face-to-face courses are delivered across Cornwall to ensure better access for unpaid carers . Our courses are not a ‘sticking plaster’, but offer a preventative tool to prevent crises before they happen.
Face-to-face courses and sessions
- Coping Strategies for carers
- Managing Stress for carers
- Caring for Dementia Carers
- Caring for Carers (1-day course)
- Caring for Carers (3-day course)
- Effective communication for carers
- Dementia Carers and looking at the future
- Caring for someone with mental illness
- Managing grief for carers
- Art - Dec Wreath Making
- Creative Writing
- Leach Pottery
- Coastal Walking
- Sleep Workshops
- Golf
- Yoga
- Courses for Dementia Carers where they can bring their cared for
- Aromatherapy and essential Oils workshops
The courses are either half, one, two or three days long.
We provide participants with the following financial benefits: reimbursement of travel costs to and from the course, a contribution of £2.50 towards lunch, and the provision of all relevant course materials. We have a 48hr call back and carers can contact us via text, phone, email or letter.
Telephone or training.
It takes three easy steps. Carers will receive three 45-minute telephone sessions on the topic of their choice, at the time and date they choose (we try to accommodate everyone but there will be times when second choices will be used). We will prioritise carers that cannot attend face to face courses and are unable to do online courses.
Courses to choose from:
- Caring for Dementia Carers
- Coping Strategies for Carers
- Managing Stress in your Caring Role
- Manging Mental Illness for Carers
- Caring for Carers
- Managing Grief
Online Courses
Refer to us and we will set carers up with a code. For more info contact us
Caring for Carers content
- What kind of carer are you
- How does caring affect your life?
- Understanding and coping with challenges
- Self care
- How to create a healthy balance
- Are you stressed?
Caring for Dementia carers content
- The different kinds of Dementia
- Cognitive symptoms of Dementia
- Coping Strategies for those caring for people with Dementia
- Understanding how to respond in a positive way to someone living with Dementia
- Understanding the Grief process
- Adjusting and understanding new behaviours associated with people experiencing Dementia
- Developing active co-existence - a way of living and working together
Mentoring and Coaching
4-6 one hour sessions
Mentoring is essentially about helping people to develop more effectively. It is a relationship designed to build confidence and support the mentee, so they are able to take control of their own development and work.
Through mentoring and guidance carers will develop an awareness of the impact that caring has on their lives, develop awareness of personal barriers. Carers will be able to learn new coping strategies and the importance of caring for themselves using healthy strategies in order to promote resilience and move forward in their lives.
Social events for unpaid carers
Many unpaid carers face social isolation due to their caring roles. They often experience loneliness and a reduction in their social activities.
We provide monthly social meet ups across Cornwall for free
Who to contact
- Contact name
- Jenny or Bernie
- Contact position
- Directors
- Telephone
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01736 339226
07775 756454
07435 870587 - info@promas.co.uk
- Website
- promas.co.uk
- Promas Caring for People CIC's facebook page
- Promas Caring for People CIC's twitter page
Where to go
- Address
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Promas Caring For People C I C, 3 Wheal Agar
Tolvaddon Energy Park
Tolvaddon
Camborne
- Postcode
- TR14 0HX
- Notes
We have an office in Tolvaddon but all the free training for unpaid carers is delivered in different community venues across Cornwall. Our website has all the details for 2021.
Time / date details
- When is it on?
- Monday to Friday 9:00 - 5:00 and some weekends and evenings
- Time of day
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Evening
Afternoon
Morning - Session information
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The courses vary from 1/2 day
1 day courses
2 day courses and 3 day courses. Online courses are accessed at your convenience.
Other details
Costs
- Table of costs
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Table of costs Amount Cost Type Free courses available for unpaid carers - Details
- Free face to face and online courses available for unpaid carers
Our service covers the whole of Cornwall. We accommodate to the best of our ability any learning and physical needs. We provide travel costs, £2.50 towards lunch and all course materials. Unpaid carers can attend as many of the courses that are applicable to their caring role. Our courses are for unpaid carers and not the cared for although this can sometimes cross over. We help carers to better look after their physical and mental health and prevent carer breakdown.
Our online courses are free to carers in Cornwall but please contact us for a login code. - Do you offer a free or reduced rate to carers?
- Yes
- Please enter details including what proof is required for the free or reduced rate
- That the person is an unpaid carer
Availability
- Age ranges
- From 18 years to 100 years
- Referral required
- Yes
- Referral details
Referrals can be self- referrals or from professionals with permission for us to contact the unpaid carer.
An application for the preferred course will need to be completed and we always confirm receipt of application.
Just before course start date we will send out a confirmation letter with detail of venues, directions and times. We have a 24hr call back and our methods of communication can be email, text, phone or letter.
For access to our online courses please contact us for a login
We are available to talk to professionals or unpaid carers with any queries.
Last updated: 01/02/2024