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.
Friday’s Poem
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“Beannacht (Blessing)” by John O’Donohue, for his mother. Read by carer support worker Mags Bryan.
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Why thought for the day?
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Starting the day with a motivational quote, and keeping it in mind as the hours go by, may offer you an alternative perspective on your own situation. It may encourage you to seek help or inspire you to try something new. Most of all, we hope it will help you to feel recognised and valued, too. In ordinary and everyday ways, carers do extraordinary things.
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