News & Information

Carers of East Lothian (CoEL) is an independent charity that supports unpaid carers, including people with unpaid caring roles who have recently arrived in East Lothian from Ukraine. ***Click on title to read full post***

Please share your views on proposed changes to mental health and incapacity legislation if you care for someone who is autistic or who has a mental illness, a learning disability or dementia. ***Click on title to read full post***

Our next FREE legal advice clinic for carers will take place on Thursday 28th April from 1:30 pm. Please call 0131 665 0135 to book a 30 minute telephone appointment. ***Click on title to read full post***

Share your views with the Scottish Government on what Scottish Carer’s Assistance, the replacement benefit for Carer’s Allowance, should look like when it is launched. ***Click on title to read full post***

FUND NOW CLOSED. CoEL has launched a new time-limited fund to support carers to take practical steps to improve their caring situation. Please apply ASAP and by Monday 11th April. ***Click on title to read full post***

The Carers Trust is looking to speak to adult carers who have accessed carer services and/or assessments (Adult Carer Support Plans) in 2022. Can you help? ***Click on title to read full post***

A carer who works for a major bank shares her top tips about keeping safe and reporting financial scams. ***Click on title to read full post***

If you provide unpaid care to another person, please identify yourself as an unpaid carer in question 12 of Census 2022.

CEO Jess Wade sets out the range of ways carers can access our services, including face-to-face options, as restrictions ease. ***Click on title to read full post***

ELHSCP are hosting an event for unpaid carers at John Muir Aplacas Trekking Experience near Dunbar on Friday 18th March 2022.  ***Click on title to read full post***

Distance Aware is a scheme being rolled out across Scotland to prompt people to respect the space of others where possible as we all adapt to living with Covid-19.

Our next legal advice clinic for carers with Solicitors for Older People in Scotland (SOPS) will take place on Thursday 27th January from 1:30 pm. The solicitor covering the clinic is Kerry Lees.