We love to hear from carers who have been able to use a Time for You to create some time away from their caring role. Katherine wrote to Amanda who had been supporting her and said: “I just wanted to extend a big thank you to you and to Essex Carers Support. We used our Time for You award to buy tickets to see the Lion King and we took our little boy today, as a rest from our caring responsibilities for his older sister and to have quality time with him. He had the most magic

It's always great to hear from Carers that we have been in touch with and have supported. Thank you for Toni for their permission to share her story and photo to help us spread the word about the support we provide to unpaid family carers. "I’m incredibly grateful to have been able to access a Time 4 You Grant. The support came at a time when I genuinely felt like I was at breaking point, and it honestly couldn’t have come at a better time. I used the grant towards a weekend

Our St Osyth Carer Group recently organised a creative writing activity. Carers were invited to reflect on images of a clock, a flower,...

We love it when carers get back to tell us about the impact that reaching out to us has had. Joan (not her real name) wrote this short...

One of our lovely Carers got back to us to tell us about how we’ve supported her to achieve some much needed ‘me-time’ and the impact...

Lynsey Rozee, o ne of our lovely carers and a friend of Essex Carers Support, shared her Christmas poem with us to share with you. ...

In partnership with Action for Family Carers, Essex Carers Support is delighted to have been commissioned to provide carers’ support services on behalf of Essex County Council for people living and caring for someone in Colchester and Tendring. Between us, Essex Carers Support and Action for Family Carers have over 60 years' experience in supporting carers in Essex delivering services as known and trusted Essex organisations. Two in three of us living in the UK will have a

At Essex Carers Support we love hearing back from Carers who have accessed our Time 4 You project and finding out about how it has...

My husband and I are both carers for our elderly mothers, which takes up a lot of our time, especially for my husband as his mother has...

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We had such a lovely day when we climbed the 02. It was touch and go whether we would actually get to do it at all after Storm Eunice hit...

We love to hear from our Carers about how they’ve used their Time4You Grant to create a little time for themselves. Amelia used her Time...

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Check opening hours before the Christmas period if you're caring for someone...

We all have our Christmas traditions - but we must remember that these aren’t daily routines. If you have a person with dementia in your...