Supporting people who care for family and friends
Join us for a delicious, relaxed afternoon tea for carers in the beautiful surroundings of the Drawing Room at Carberry Tower Mansion House. As with all of our Carers Week programme, this event will be free to carers and is being organised as a celebration of the huge contribution that unpaid carers make to our ... Read more
Join us for a gently-paced guided walk with East Lothian Countryside Ranger Richard, taking in the beautiful Pencaitland scenery. We'll meet in the car park of the Rosearista Café in Pencaitland at 10:15am for a 10:30am start. The café will be open at that time so there will be toilet facilities available at the start. ... Read more
The theme of this year's Carers Week is 'making caring visible, valued and supported'. Accordingly, we've arranged a special surgery with East Lothian MSP Paul McLennan for unpaid carers to share their thoughts, views and concerns with our local representative. This surgery will be held in the Carers of East Lothian office at East Lothian ... Read more
At Carers of East Lothian we have a variety of Volunteering opportunities available. Are you interested in volunteering to support the work that we do with unpaid carers? If so, our Volunteer and Training Coordinator, Gemma Twells-Davison is holding two introductory sessions for prospective volunteers. Come along to hear more about what we do as ... Read more
Carers of East Lothian are holding a session with Cara Blair - Physiotherapist and Acting Falls Team Lead with East Lothian Rehabilitation team on 22nd September at 10:15am at Musselburgh East Community Learning Centre. We’ll look at how to prevent a fall – with topics ranging from footwear to medication to home hazards; as well ... Read more
At Carers of East Lothian we have a variety of Volunteering opportunities available. Are you interested in volunteering to support the work that we do with unpaid carers? If so, our Volunteer and Training Coordinator, Gemma Twells-Davison is holding two introductory sessions for prospective volunteers. Come along to hear more about what we do as ... Read more
Carers of East Lothian are holding two online sessions with Mark Han-Johnston from Self Directed Support Scotland to support carers who are employing a Personal Assistant or those who are thinking of doing so in the future. Self Directed Support Scotland have developed a resource to help with this process. This session will help carers ... Read more
Carers of East Lothian are holding two online sessions with Mark Han-Johnston from Self Directed Support Scotland to support carers who are employing a Personal Assistant or those who are thinking of doing so in the future. Self Directed Support Scotland have developed a resource to help with this process. This session will help carers ... Read more
If you would like to know more about how technology can support you and the person you care for to stay safe and independent at home, here are details of an upcoming session that could help you. Carers of East Lothian are holding a session with Joyce Wilson, TEC Officer. Joyce will bring devices along ... Read more