Support Groups for carers and those they care for
These Groups are principally for people who have the illness, disability or condition but they also provide information and support to carers.
Some Groups invite professional speakers; some are mainly social and some have a fund-raising element.
All provide the opportunity to meet and make friends with others who understand your situation.
Aphasia / Dysphasia
Speakability Self-Help Group
(01924) 275147
Venue varies please ring for details
1st Tuesday/Thursday each month, 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Arthritis Care
Arthritis Care - Pontefract
Thornycroft, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract
2nd & 4th Tuesday each month, 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Cancer
Castleford & District Cancer Self-Help Group
Kellingley Social Centre, Knottingley
3rd Wednesday each month, 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Coronary Disease
Pinderfields Coronary Care Support Group
College Grove Sports Club, Eastmoor Road
1st Tuesday each month, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Pinderfields Coronary Care Support Group
Coffee Morning, St. John's Community Centre
3rd Saturday each month, 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Mental Health
Garden Together Group (For long-term mental) health carers)
Woodcock Street Allotments
(01924) 375754
Please ring for details
The Gathering (Wakefield Carer Development Service - Mental Health)
Samaritans Centre, Wakefield
Last Friday each month, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
(01924) 375754
Please ring for details
Men's Group (Wakefield Carer Development Service - Mental Health)
Tuesday fortnightly, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
(01924) 375754
Please ring for details
Together (Wakefield Carer Development Service - Mental Health)
Community based support for families and carers of people with mental health needs.
(01924) 375754
Please ring for details
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Society
Elizabethan Gallery, Brook Street, Wakefield
1st Wednesday each month, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
(No meeting in January, July or December)
Respiratory
The Wheezers
Holmfield House, Wakefield Park, Denby Dale Road,
1st Thursday each month, 2.00pm - 4.00pm, January - April Meetings
Pinderfields Hospital, Lecture Theatre
1st Thursday each month, 7.00pm - 9.00pm, May - December Meetings
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