Free Sandwich Carer Therapy Group

Free Sandwich Carer Closed Therapeutic Support Group Registration Information
Sandwich Carers Project — Your Journey to Joining
Here's what happens from first seeing our poster or leaflet through to securing your place in the group.

Book one of the 30-Minute Information Session  Scroll for the Link Below
Up to 10 people per session — a relaxed chance to find out more before committing.
Attend the Information Session
Ask any questions you have before formally joining
Complete the Registration Form
Submitted online — quick and straightforward.
Complete and Return Your Consent Form
Covers the group, confidentiality, and any research data collected. We'll walk you through everything.
Your Space is Secured
Confirms one of up to a maximum of 25 spaces in the group.
Questions are welcomed before you formally join.
Where possible please attend all sessions
To Register and attend the initial Information Session Click here
This Therapeutic Support Group is Free to Attend 
Registration is Essential
Funded by Carers Trust and Coventry City Council
Carers Trust
Coventry City Council

Data Protection (GDPR) Notice
We take your privacy seriously. This notice explains how your information is collected and used when you register your interest in this group.
What we collect
• Registration details: name, address, email, phone number, and your answers about caring role, dependents and employment
• If you consent to the research element: additional demographic information and research data (quantitative and qualitative), collected separately and explained fully in the consent form
Why we collect it
• To manage your registration, invite you to an information session, and confirm your place in the group
• With your separate consent, to understand participants' experience of the group as part of this pilot
Legal basis
• Registration data: processed on the basis of your consent in registering your interest
• Research data: processed on the basis of your explicit, separate consent, in line with UK GDPR
How it's stored and who can see it
• Your data is stored securely and only accessed by the facilitator and, for research data, the named supervisor
• Registration data and research data are kept separately
• Your data will not be shared with third parties beyond what is needed to run the group and satisfy funder reporting requirements (in anonymised/aggregated form only)
How long we keep it
• Registration data is kept only as long as needed to run the group and for reasonable follow-up, then securely deleted
• Research data is retained for [state period, e.g. 5 years] in line with our ethics statement, then securely destroyed
Your rights
• You can ask to see the information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it
• You can withdraw consent for the research element at any time without affecting your place in the group
• If you have concerns about how your data is handled, you can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk)
Questions about your data? Contact lisa@thedementiacounsellor.co.uk