Workshop: Your romantic and partner relationships

Our Confident Caring programme is a series of online events, bringing together siblings who have an autistic brother or sister. It is gratefully supported by the Boshier Grant Scheme.

We’re also very appreciative of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All) to help towards the cost of providing spaces for siblings whose brother or sister has a diagnosis that isn’t autism.

It’s just £5 to attend.

• This is a fraction of the actual cost of your place. We are fortunate to be able to offer this very low ticket cost to siblings, thanks to funding from the Boshier Grant Scheme and the National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All)
• The fee is non-refundable under any circumstances, because of the cost to the charity of processing this, unless the event has to be cancelled by us due to reasons beyond our control
• If you’re able to, please consider making an additional donation to cover extra places for siblings in financial need
• If you’re in need of a free place, just let us know in confidence by emailing [email protected] – we do not want payment to be a barrier for siblings wishing to attend
  

• Please note that this is a general group session and that one-to-one support cannot be provided for individual personal issues
• This session will not be recorded. This is so that siblings can feel comfortable having their video cameras on and asking questions throughout
• Whilst you’ll be in great company and will have the chance to say hello to others, the focus of the session isn’t on socialising. If you’re looking for this, join a support group instead.
  

Yes. These sessions are for siblings who may have been a carer in the past, are currently carers or may be a carer in the future.

No, these sessions are a confidential sibling-only environment. We are only funded to support siblings and cannot accept bookings from partners, cousins, friends, parents, professionals, researchers or anyone else who hasn’t grown up with a disabled or neurodivergent brother/sister.

We don’t take recordings of our sessions, so that siblings feel safe and relaxed to have their cameras on and participate throughout. After the session, we will upload a one-page guide with a summary of the best hints and tips that were shared – come back to our website to download it. Also, make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list to hear about future sessions.

Take a look at these resources too:

• Sibs eBook ‘Self-care for siblings’ – chapter on ‘Your relationships’
• Sibs advice: How to find a counsellor
• Rachael – “Having a partner who accepted my family and all that it entails was a huge priority for me”
• Lisa – “We know neither of us is a mind-reader, so the easiest way to work on things is to speak to each other about how we’re feeling.”
• Relate – relationship information, advice and counselling

To meet other siblings who have a neurodiverse and/or disabled brother/sister:

• Join an adult sibling support group
• Connect on our private Facebook community #Siblife
  

Click here to see our other information sessions in the Confident Caring programme.

We’d love to hear from you – please email [email protected]