Making Space
Creative Peer Support for Carers
A shared space for caregivers -- including everyday parents -- to pause, connect, and make some stuff together
Monday 27 April 1.30 - 3pm
Living Space (next to Island Healing)
6 Forrest Avenue, Newhaven
About the session
These sessions offer caregivers time out, peer connection, and space to notice your own responses while caring for others — including becoming more aware of your limits, and what helps you continue when things feel stretched.
We’ll spend time with what can help: ordinary things many people already draw on, such as objects, images, memories, or small practices that can steady us when life is demanding. These aren’t solutions or fixes to the many challenges you may be facing, but ways of expanding the supports you can return to in everyday moments.
The session includes a gentle creative activity focused on making a personalised visual resource — something meaningful you can keep and return to — alongside shared discussion about how and why visual resources and meaning-making can be supportive, especially under pressure.
This space is designed to be respectful, grounded, and accessible. There is no pressure to share personal details, and no expectation of prior creative experience.
Who this is for
For parents and people aged 18+ years who support or care for others — in families, communities, or informal caring roles. You might be caring for a child — navigating school drop-offs, sick days, bedtime battles, or the quiet worry that comes with loving in this way — or supporting a partner, family member, or another person in your life.
What to expect
• A small, supportive group
• Time and space alongside other carers
• A gentle, accessible creative activity
• Opportunities for reflection and shared conversation
• Something personal to take away and return to
This is not an art class or a therapy group — it’s a peer-based space with opportunities for connection, reflection, and creativity for wellbeing.
Cost & Access
$50 / $40 concession (inclusive of art materials)
Free for carers registered with Carer Gateway
Sliding scale available if needed
Some participants may be eligible for a subsidy through Carer Gateway. This includes people caring for someone with a disability, mental illness, medical condition (including chronic conditions), or frailty due to age. Please let me know below if this does or could apply to to you. If you are not yet registered, I can help you with the process.
Supported by Carer Gateway and Uniting Vic.Tas.
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