Supporting people who care for family and friends
Please let us know if you would be interested in a NEW online only support group for unpaid carers living anywhere in East Lothian by answering our short survey (it will take 2-3 minutes). We greatly value your input – your views will shape what we do.
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UPDATE 09/03/2021: This fund has closed early due to the volume of applications we have already received. We hope to receive further funds to support carers with breaks from caring grants from October 2021 onward.
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We are delighted to welcome Catherine Cain, the carer support worker for our new Connections for Life project, to the staff team.
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We have produced a short summary of the results of our CoEL Coronavirus Response Survey that we issued in September. Please read our report and let us know if it resonates with your experiences and/ or priorities.
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We have pulled together a list of sources of support, including urgent care and crisis services operating throughout the festive period.
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We are delighted to announce our Festive Fun Online Events for Carers programme for December 2020. All events are free to carers and require advanced booking.
You are warmly invited to our Annual General Meeting at 10:30am on Monday 30th November 2020 via Zoom. Please email centre@coel.org.uk or call 0131 665 0135 to register.
Recordings from “Introduction to Mindfulness” Course facilitated by Phil McCrossan for Carers of East Lothian (CoEL), Autumn 2020.
Congratulations to Kirsty Summers, who submitted the winning photo of a moss rose entitled “Lean on Me”. And a huge thank you to everyone who took part in our competition – the judges had an unenviable task of selecting only one winner!
Here are some more of the moving images carers shared with us as part of our lockdown photo competition launched in June 2020. A huge thank you to everyone who took part.