It’s important that you look after yourself so that you can look after your child and we hope the links below will help and inspire you.

Time to yourself

As well as making sure you eat well and get enough exercise it’s also important to get time to yourself.

Have a break from caring while your child has fun and meets new people on an AU activity or short break.

Contact Suffolk Family Carers. They offer great services for parents and carers – including head massages as well as local support groups where you can chat to other carers.

Exercise

To find out what exercise opportunities there are in your area you can search on Suffolk Infolink . The website holds information on leisure centres, exercise classes and other sports and fitness opportunities. If none of that is your thing check out Suffolk Health Walks – a great way to stay active, meet new people and see Suffolk in a slightly different way.

Eating well

Change4Life is a great website with hundreds of tips and ideas for making sure you and your family eat well. It includes topics like getting your five a day, meal time ideas, recipes and interesting ‘sugar swap’ ideas…you can also search for local activities to help you ‘move more’.

Health service information

The following websites are useful sources of information about health and health services:

www.nhs.uk

Suffolk Mental Health NHS

Suffolk Primary Care Trust

Great Yarmouth & Waveney Primary Care Trust

Find your nearest GP, dentists, opticians, hospital and other health services