carers

19 Mar 2021

Covid 19 vaccine – help and support for unpaid carers

Unpaid carers are now being invited to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine. But they must wait to be contacted by the NHS. If you …

12 Jun 2020

Making caring more visible

Every year Carers Week is an opportunity to celebrate those caring for the most vulnerable in our community, and the theme this year is …

7 Oct 2019

Football psychologist helps young carers cope

As World Mental Health Day is marked across the country this week, a professional sports psychologist ran a wellbeing workshop for local, young carers. …

28 Jun 2019

Welcome ‘PESTS’ pick up a well-deserved award

A local charity offering vital help and support to families that have a child with a disability has won an award. PESTS (Parents of …

3 Apr 2019

Caring for the carers – with direct support

Caring for someone you love can be difficult at times. But, with the right support, Julia is able to support her mother while still …

30 Nov 2018

‘I can have my own life, too’ – helping carers

Today (Friday) is Carers’ Rights Day. Around 1,800 carers are supported by Ealing Council and we spoke to two of them to find out …

27 Nov 2018

Caring for the future

A couple who have been fostering for Ealing since 2012, have been named Ealing Council’s Foster Carers of the Year, at the annual foster …

30 Aug 2018

Handyperson service providing home comforts

The council’s handyperson service carries out simple jobs around the home such as fitting smoke alarms, changing lightbulbs and unblocking sinks. It helps people …

30 May 2018

Young carers are the ultimate team players

Too often, young carers can feel socially isolated and invisible. A local project, run through a football club, is seeking to change that. Although …

29 May 2018

Shared lives: ‘We are a family’

Raheem is autistic and has lived with the Hussains since he was nine years old. He was fostered by the Greenford family and then …

18 May 2018

Supporting the unsung heroes during Carers Week

It is national Carers Week soon – between 11-17 June. Caring will touch each and every one of us in our lifetime, whether we become a …

22 Nov 2017

How living shared lives could work for you

Sharon and Fiona have shared their lives for two years, through a council scheme that places adults with local families. Fiona comes to stay …

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Covid 19 vaccine – help and support for unpaid carers

Making caring more visible

Football psychologist helps young carers cope

Welcome ‘PESTS’ pick up a well-deserved award

Caring for the carers – with direct support

‘I can have my own life, too’ – helping carers

Caring for the future

Handyperson service providing home comforts

Young carers are the ultimate team players

Shared lives: ‘We are a family’

Supporting the unsung heroes during Carers Week

How living shared lives could work for you

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