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🎅 Season's Greetings and thank you from all at LifeCare 🎄 As 2024 draws to a close and Christmas edges ever closer, we want to take a moment to wish all of our wonderful clients, their carers, our volunteers, regular and one-off-donors - including those who have left us a gift

LifeCare service closure dates for festive period🎄 ✨CafeLife - closes 2pm on 24th Dec, reopens 9am 6th Jan ✨Day Services - closed from 25th Dec, reopen 3rd Jan ✨Outreach - closed public holidays only, service open - Dec 23rd, 24th, 27th, 30th, 31st and 3rd Jan ✨Help at Home

Just 7 days left to make a local older person feel special this Christmas 🎁🧑‍🎄 A ten pound donation towards our lovely Christmas gift packs could help spread festive cheer to those that need it most this year. Visit the link below to donate to our winter warmer appeal and help

It's the final day of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 As our campaign draws to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible challenges unpaid carers face - especially during the festive season. For many, this

Its Day 11 of our 12 Days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Supporting an unpaid carer during the festive season can make a huge difference to their wellbeing, and ability to manage their responsibilities. Here are 5 thoughtful ways to show

Its Day 10 of our 12 Days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Our services offer vital care, support and respite so that unpaid carers can get a well deserved break, with 94% saying they felt better supported in their caring role thanks to

It's Day 9 of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Things got festive this week at our free classes and activities for unpaid carers. A huge thank you to our wonderful class teachers for the fabulous support you provide. 🎅🎄 If

It's Day 8 of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Claire is the main carer for her 87 year old Mum, and finds LifeCare's free health and wellbeing activities for unpaid carers a "lifeline". Coming along to the classes allow Claire to

It's Day 7 of our 12 Days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 As an unpaid carer, supporting a loved one with dementia during the festive period can be challenging. Here, we share six tips to help you through: 🧡 1) Put decorations up gradually

It's #HumanRightsDay and Day 6 of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Unpaid carers dedicate their time and energy, selflessly, to supporting their loved ones. Every day, they uphold the dignity and wellbeing of others, often at the

It's Day 5 of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Jenny is a full time carer for her husband, Will, who has cancer. Though she finds being his carer incredibly rewarding, its not without its challenges. Jenny regularly attends

CaféLife closure dates 🚨 Due to our upcoming Christmas lunches, our Community café, CaféLife, will be closed on the following dates: 🎅 Wednesday the 11th of December 🎅 Friday the 13th of December 🎅 Tuesday the 17th of December 🎅 Thursday the 19th of December We apologise

It's Day 4 of our 12 days of caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 As many as 100,000 unpaid carers in Scotland are currently living in poverty, and will be faced with a difficult festive period ahead. You can help LifeCare provide vital support and

🎄Our Christmas Fair is happening THIS SATURDAY 🎅 Just a few days until we bring the local community together at The LifeCare Centre, 2 Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, EH4 1JB, THIS SATURDAY, the 7th of December, between 11am and 3pm, for a fun filled day of Christmas magic at our

Thank you to @julietdunlop rom @GMB who visited LifeCare yesterday ahead of today's Scottish Budget to hear about the challenges facing charities and their vital services 🚨 The impact of the Employer National Insurance rise, on top of local government cuts, rising costs and

It's #GivingTuesday - and day 2 of our 12 days of Caring at Christmas Campaign, part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 In 2016, David was diagnosed with dementia and beloved wife of 57 years, Rita, became his full time carer. In 2022, David started getting support from LifeCare

Today marks the start of our 12 Days of Caring at Christmas Campaign - part of our Winter Warmer Appeal 🧡 Over the next 12 days, we’ll be sharing more about what its like to be an unpaid carer during the festive period, as well as advice and information on how we care for

This #StAndrewsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we’re delighted to announce bookings are OPEN for our Burns Day Community Ceilidh! Enjoy music from the Gallivanters Ceilidh Band and traditional Scottish Stovies. All are welcome at this fully accessible, family friendly community event. 📆 Saturday 25th

It’s #fridayfundraiser 🧡 Huge thanks to the teams at NatWest and Leonardo for helping us to make up our Christmas gift packs, to help keep local older people warm and well in body and mind. Why not consider donating £10 towards these lovely gifts, to spread some festive cheer