Safely returning to business
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We have created a safely returning to business plan to help everyone stay up to date with how we are operating our services following lockdown.
Carer’s Allowance – Additional Covid-19 Payment
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Social Security Scotland have made a video explaining the extra Covid-19 payment that will be made this month to carers who were receiving Carer’s Allowance on 13th April 2020…
Time for you…
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During Carers Week 2020 we wanted to offer you a selection of ideas for ways that you might take some time for yourself, be it minutes or hours, away from your caring role.
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Why share a daily poem?
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“As a team we wanted to offer you some sustenance by reading you a poem each day, hoping that it may just open a space for you to relax, reflect and be comforted.”
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Sharing a story (or two!)
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Carer Annemarie Allan shares two stories about real life experiences, on the importance of humour and coping with difficult times.
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Monday’s Poem
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“The Peace of the Wild Things” by Wendell Berry. Read by carer support worker Mags Bryan.
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Finding comfort in art
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A carer supported by us shares some of the beautiful paintings he has been creating during the lockdown.
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Tuesday’s Poem
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“Inside My Garden Gate” by Susan Walkinshaw-Kelly. Read by carer support worker Shona Mathers.
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Wednesday’s Poem
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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Read by carer support worker Mags Bryan.
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Thursday’s Poem
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“Quiet” by Robert Longley. Read by carer support worker Shona Mathers.
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Carers Week 2020
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Carers Week 2020 runs from the 8th to 14th June. Please visit Our Events and Carers Week 2020 pages for details of our online activities for carers all week.