Social Care Innovation & the Accelerating Reform Fund: Uniting for a Brighter Future in Care 🌟 Big news in the world of care – It’s been a while coming but the UK Government is putting a £42.6 million pot of money called the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF) into making adult social care services better. 🚀 […]
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Toronto, Canada, 04/07/2023 Bridgit Care, a leading UK-based Social Enterprise focused on empowering family caregivers, is excited to announce its upcoming launch in Canada. With a mission to support caregivers in their role and personal lives, Bridgit Care offers an AI-powered caregiver support platform that identifies and assists carers in need, provides a central support
Bridgit Care are pleased to announce their partnership with Looking Local Looking Local is a leading provider of technology for local authorities – helping local authorities and their clients with cost effective digital platforms. They are transforming the public sector in the UK. Looking Local have an established set of products that are deployed to
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Whether you’re a parent or carer for an autistic young person, it can be hard to go from the long summer holidays back to a routine in school, or when your loved one transitions to another educational setting. Preparing for change It’s a good idea to get in touch with the school to inform them
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Growing your social impact – Why publishing your events on ‘service directories’ in not enough If you work in the voluntary sector, social sector or community care you’ll want to share your services, the events you run as well as grow your social impact. There’s a lot that can be done by publishing events on
The Carer’s Allowance is a payment made to an unpaid carer by the government, in order to help them care for their loved one. Am I entitled to the Carer’s Allowance? Carer Criteria You are a person’s sole carer You are 16 or over. You have lived in England, Scotland, or Wales for at least
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In 2021, Kate Garraway opened up her husband, Derek, being critically ill in hospital with COVID. Fast forward to 2022, Kate is back on the screen to give us an update on her caring duties and how Derek is getting on. Watch the ITV trailer here. https://vimeo.com/676233148 On the 23rd of March 2021, 4.5 million
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It’s not uncommon to experience peer pressure and guilt, due to a person’s caring duties The strain as a carer, juggling our jobs, family responsibilities, personal life, and caring duties can leave us feeling guilty for being unable to do it all. The reality is, we can only do so much, and sometimes it can
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Reducing delayed discharge lead times and the pressure on health and social care teams this winter across the UK, by supporting family carers Whether it’s a planned or unplanned hospital stay, family carers struggle to engage with well meaning, but pressured hospital teams. During & post pandemic, the lack of appropriate guidance or support
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