Supporting people who care for family and friends
In the lead up to Carers Week, carers were invited to participate in photography workshops with our very own Carer Support Worker Louise Kennedy who studied photography and does a lot of photography in her spare time. They learnt lots of tips to help them to take a really good snap, as well as considering … Read more
Welcome to the first edition of the new Carers of East Lothian Newsletter. The newsletter is forunpaid carers and will be sent three times each year. We hope that the newsletter keeps you upto date with relevant and important information for unpaid carers as well as keeping you in theloop with what we are up … Read more
Carers of East Lothian CEO Jessica Wade and the rest of the team of staff and volunteers are thrilled to announce that the organisation have successfully achieved the Carers Trust Excellence for Carers Award. The award follows a rigorous assessment of CoEL’s services to unpaid carers across East Lothian. Welcoming the award for Carers of East Lothian, … Read more
David Binnie has been appointed as the Carers Representative of the Integration Joint Board (IJB) for East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). David’s role as the Carers Representative is to ensure that the views and interests of unpaid carers are taken into account by the IJB, which is responsible for planning, resourcing and … Read more
If you provide unpaid care for a friend or family member and you live in or care for someone who lives in in East Lothian, we would like to hear from you about your experience of caring and carer support. Please follow the link to complete CoEL’s survey to give your views, which will … Read more
On 16th January, 30 unpaid carers and former carers joined representatives from CoEL and East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership at Cockenzie House. East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership are currently working to improve the local eligibility criteria for carer support. The purpose of the event was for ELHSCP to hear directly from … Read more
Carers of East Lothian (CoEL) will be closed from 12 noon on Friday 22nd December 2023 until 10 am on Wednesday 3rd January 2024. There will be one event for carers running during this period on 28th December at the CoEL office. If you would like to join us for warm drinks, nibbles and company, … Read more
Winter preparedness plan for Scotland 2023/24 Scottish Government and COSLA published a joint Health and social care winter preparedness plan for 2023-2024 The purpose of a Winter Plan is to outline the priorities for health boards and local authorities across Scotland over the winter months when pressures on health and social care will increase significantly. In response to the Winter … Read more
We held our Annual General Meeting on 29th November at the Maitlandfield House Hotel in Haddington. We were delighted that lots of members and other interested people could attend. During the meeting, the management of CoEL was explained to everyone present and opportunities were provided for questions before voting on business items occurred. We heard … Read more
With the continuing cost of living crisis, we know that financial matters will be on many carers minds more than ever before. The latest charges applying to social care support for people at home (non-residential care charging) can be found online. We are sharing a link to this information.