FND Connect · Online learning
Caring for someone with FND
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Practical support for family life, including looking after yourself.
8 modules · gentle self-checks · completion certificate
Free by request · manual approval for unpaid carers
For partners, parents, relatives and friends supporting someone with Functional Neurological Disorder in a personal, unpaid role. Learn how to help someone with FND at home: episodes, everyday support, helping without taking over, and your own needs. Request access below. Our team reviews each application and emails the decision. Paid carers and care companies need a different course.
- Build your understanding of FND and everyday support.
- Reflect on how to help without taking over.
- Recognise your own needs and sources of support as a carer.
Choose with confidence
Unpaid support for a relative, partner or friend
For: Family members and informal carers supporting someone personally
Understand FND, offer everyday support and look after yourself while caring.
Use the learning in your setting
Complete written modules and gentle self-checks at your own pace after your request is approved. No payment, diagnosis documents or information identifying the person you support is needed.
Paid carers, care companies, care networks and staff training are not eligible. Receiving Carer's Allowance or another caring-related benefit does not make an unpaid family role a paid care job.
Who can request this free family course?
Course: Caring for Someone with FND
Partners, parents, relatives and friends supporting someone with FND in a personal, unpaid role. Carer's Allowance does not exclude you. Please do not send medical evidence or details that identify the person you support.
Everyday family support: For unpaid family and informal carers only. It is not a free staff-training route for care companies, care networks, agencies, paid carers or healthcare professionals.
Looking for paid staff training? FND course for care workers and support staff.
Caring for someone with FND: course modules
You, Them and FND
What has actually happened - and why none of it is anyone's fault
Episodes at Home: Staying Safe and Calm
Functional seizures, collapses and dissociation - in a real house, with real stairs
Flare or Emergency? Making the Call at 3am
Thresholds, red flags and what to say to 999 - decided in daylight, not in panic
Supporting Without Taking Over
The hardest balance in caring - and why you cannot cause or cure FND
The Relationship Underneath
Role change, guilt, resentment, intimacy - the things nobody says out loud
Looking After Yourself
Burnout, respite, and the support you're entitled to - because you count too
The Wider Family: Disbelief, Siblings and Young Carers
Handling the doubters, supporting the other children, and spotting the child who's carrying too much
The System and Your Family Plan
NHS pathways, appointments, money - and pulling the whole course together
How it works
Request access
Tell us about your unpaid caring role. Our team reviews your request and emails a private course link if approved. No payment is required.
Learn at your pace
Work through 8 modules whenever you can. Each ends with a gentle self-check (no pass marks) or a moment to reflect.
Your certificate
Finish every module and download your Certificate of Completion — uniquely numbered and publicly verifiable.
Learning for family life
CPD Accredited Training. FND CONNECT CIC has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows the guided learning hours as CPD hours and CPD credits, at one credit per hour. This is family learning, not professional care-worker training, and it is not a regulated qualification.
Complete the modules and self-checks to receive a Certificate of Completion. There is no pass mark.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get free access to the FND family carers course?
Submit your name, email, relationship and a short explanation of your unpaid caring role. Our team manually reviews every request. If approved, we email your private course link. Submitting a request does not enrol you or provide immediate access.
Can paid carers or a care company use the free course?
No. The free course is for unpaid personal caring, not paid care work, care networks or staff training. Choose the paid social-care course for care workers, or the relevant healthcare course for clinical teams. Team booking is available on paid courses.
Can I apply if I receive Carer's Allowance?
Yes. Receiving a caring-related benefit does not make unpaid family or informal caring a paid care job. Tell us about the role in which you will use the learning.
Do I need to send medical records?
No. Do not include the name, diagnosis records or other identifying information of the person you support. A short explanation of your own caring role is enough for the request.
Will I get a certificate?
After approval, complete every module and its self-check or reflection to receive a Certificate of Completion. There is no pass mark. This is CPD Accredited Training. Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows the guided learning hours as CPD hours and CPD credits. This is personal family-support learning, not care-worker training and not a regulated qualification.
How long does the free course take?
Allow around 3.5 hours, at your own pace. You can pause and return using your private access link after approval.
Request free family-carer access
Free places are for unpaid family and informal carers
Each request is reviewed by FND Connect. If approved, we email your private course link. This form does not provide immediate access.
Paid carers, care companies, care networks and staff training should use our paid social-care course or compare professional courses.