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Financial Insecurity Fund

If you are an unpaid carer who is struggling to pay for food or fuel, or cover other essential bills, please apply to our financial insecurity fund by calling 0131 665 0135 or emailing centre@coel.org.uk. We are able to support carers facing financial insecurity with small grants of up to £100.00 and sometimes more in … Read more

Time for Me Grants – 2025/2026

We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Government and East Lothian Council have confirmed continuation funding for CoEL to deliver Time for Me grants programme throughout 2025 and up to April 2026. The Time for Me grants programme enables unpaid carers in East Lothian to apply for financial support to take a break from their … Read more

CoEL are recruiting

We are currently recruiting for an administrative assistant at CoEL. We offer very flexible working and 6% matched pension. We are a Carer Positive Exemplary employer, as well as being Disability Confident Committed and a Living Wage employer. We have an excellent reputation, recently gaining recognition through the Carers Trust ‘Excellence for Carers’ Award and … Read more

Carers of East Lothian Newsletter, April 2025

Welcome to the Spring edition of the Carers of East Lothian Newsletter. Our newsletter is for unpaid carers and is issued three times a year. We hope that the newsletter keeps you up to date with relevant and important information for unpaid carers as well as keeping you in the loop about what we are … Read more

Time for Me Grants 2025 – 2026

Our Time for Me small grants are funded by the Scottish Government and East Lothian Council. (Please note that we cannot accept applications from carers who have already received a Time for Me grant within the past 12 months.) Apply for financial support to enable you to enjoy some time for yourself and have a … Read more

Venturing Out Carers Adventure Wellbeing Group

We are delighted that Venturing Out have been successful in their funding bid to take the East Lothian Carers’ Adventure Wellbeing Group into its 2nd year! Hear from them below about how to get involved. This year the project has expanded to support people who are caring for children as well as adults, so if … Read more

Advice, information and support service for unpaid carers in East Lothian – tendering process 2025.

East Lothian Council have a duty, under the Carers Act (Scotland) 2016, to provide an advice, information and support service for unpaid carers caring for people in East Lothian. Carers of East Lothian are the current providers of this service.  The current contract started in 2021 and was for a maximum of four years and … Read more

Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025 – 17th – 23rd March

17th -23rd March is Neurodiversity Celebration Week – a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported by providing schools, universities, organisations, and others around the world with the opportunity to recognise the many skills and talents of neurodivergent individuals, while creating … Read more

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