I found them a total and utter waste of my time. Had zero in common with the people who used it (mostly elderly people caring for their partners or for their grown up children with a learning disability). No-one was caring for a child with a physical disability or a child with a terminal condition. I was asked not to talk about my sons condition as the fact it is terminal made them feel uncomfortable. They all seemed to want to "top" each other with "my sitation is worse than your situation" sort of thing and I am so not interested in that sort of one upmanship
I am not interested in hillwalking or coffee mornings - I want my son to have his needs met and that will help me as a carer - not give the carers their little carers centre and they will shut up asking for their rights.
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