Online Parent Workshops
This is the online workshop page
This page is for online workshop information and bookings only. For more information about the parent project, and the in-person workshop options, please go back to the parent project homepage by clicking the orange button below.
How do I book a place on an online workshop?
You can find the booking options at the bottom of this page, however, please scroll down and read all of the information on this page before accessing the booking page. It’s important you know more information about the project and the workshops before booking.
Important Information
Please read through this list of important information before booking your ticket. If you have any other questions, please contact us at parents@ocduk.orgAttendees have the opportunity to attend one workshop only
It’s important that all parents and carers have access to our workshops, and therefore we are unable to offer tickets to anyone who has already attended a workshop, whether that be online or in-person. Please choose which workshop is suitable for you. Please know that after the workshop you will still have full access to our other support services, including phone support, online support groups, and email support.This workshop is for parents and carers with children between the ages of 5-18 only
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer spaces to parents who have children over the age of 18. This is because the content is only relevant for parents who have children in the CAMHS age bracket (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services). These ages are 5-18. Our funding also only covers this particular demographic.Please only book a ticket if you know you can attend
We ask kindly that you only book a ticket if you know you are able to attend. Whilst we understand that cancellations can and do happen for unforeseen circumstances, it’s important to us that we limit the chances as much as possible. We kindly ask that if you book a ticket, but you no longer intend to attend the workshop, that you consider people on our waiting lists and let us know as soon as possible so we can make sure that we don’t prevent other parents from accessing the workshops.The session will be interactive
This full day, interactive workshop will require attendees to have their cameras on throughout the entire workshop. You will also need a working microphone, and we encourage all attendees to test microphones and cameras prior to the workshop. Please note that these workshops are different to our online support groups and the chat box function is not open to chat throughout the presenting parts of the workshop. To sign up for an online support group for parents, visit here.Emotions
We understand there might be parts of the workshop that are anxiety including and may cause attendees to feel emotional. Please know that you will be in a virtual room with 13 other people who all know how you are feeling, you are not alone. We recommend keeping cameras on throughout the workshop so that attendees have a sense of community and support throughout the difficult and emotional parts of the day.Adults only
The workshops are only suitable for parents/carers, and we cannot offer tickets to children. It’s important that parents/carers have the space to talk about how they feel, access the support they need, and learn about OCD without the presence of their child, or any others.This is a full day workshop
We do not recommend joining late, leaving early, or only attending half a day. If the workshop timings don’t work for you, we recommend booking a different workshop on a day where you are able to attend all day. The content we deliver during the workshop is designed so that if attendees were to join later, there may be some confusion due to missing the prior information which was explored in previous sections. Leaving early is also not advised as in the last section we explore ‘how to help at home’ and it’s not a section we advise to miss out on.Tickets are limited
Our online workshops take place via Zoom. We will send zoom details to attendees in the week leading up to the workshop, however, we would like to remind people to refrain from sharing the zoom details with anyone else. We purposely limit our tickets so that groups don’t become too big and overwhelming for attendees, and therefore we can only admit people from the waiting room who are on our register of bookings for the particular session they are attending. Thank you kindly for understanding.We are here for you
We understand that attending this workshop might feel anxiety inducing, and if there is anything we can do to make you feel more comfortable on the day please do let us know. You can also email us at anytime to parents@ocduk.org if you would like to ask us any questions about thew workshops prior to attending.Workshops
Please see a list of workshops below
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Friday 3rd October
9:15am - 3:00pm
This workshop is now open for bookings. Click the 'book here' button below to read more and book a space on this workshop.
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Wednesday 8th October
9:15am - 3:00pm
This workshop is not yet open for bookings. If you would like to be notified when bookings open for this workshop, please click the ‘notify me’ button below.
Future Workshops
If you would like to be notified for new bookings for our 2025 online workshops , please click the ‘email us here’ button below.
The OCD-UK Diversity and Inclusion Charter
Irrespective of disability, gender, country of origin, race, religion or sexual orientation, everybody is welcomed and respected equally when using, attending and contributing to the OCD-UK workshops.
Data Policy
By registering for one of our meetings you do so accepting our data policy on the sharing of data between Zoom (our provider of online workshop platform) and OCD-UK. We take registration data (name and email address) from zoom and store securely. Data will be stored for the length of this parents project but can be removed upon request prior to that. Your data will not be used by OCD-UK for any other marketing purposes other than sending information about the groups you register for and inviting feedback about these groups. Click here to view our full data and privacy policy.
This project was made possible through funding by a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund.
