Carers Week 2023

Carers Week 2023 runs from June 5th to June 11th. The annual event hosted by Carers Trust is an opportunity to raise awareness of those who care for family, neighbours or friends who couldn't cope with everyday tasks due to a physical or mental illness or disability, frailty or affected by substance misuse. Caring for …

The Reading Well Programme

The Reading Well programme supports people to understand and manage their health and wellbeing using helpful reading. The books are all chosen and recommended by health experts, as well as people living with the conditions covered and their relatives and carers.  Health and Social Care professionals, link workers, teachers, and anyone else offering support can …

What we thought of “The Woodlanders”

On July 20th we met in person for the first time in nearly 18 months to talk about "The Woodlanders" by Thomas Hardy. A few had read it some time before and those that hadn't weren't expecting to enjoy it. In fact it was considered an enjoyable read by all. Invited to describe their opinion …