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Overcoming loneliness as a carer
Looking after someone can be rewarding, but it can also feel incredibly isolating. Here we will explore ten ways to combat this isolation.

Nikki Brown
Feb 1614 min read


What’s been making us laugh lately?
We recently asked the Mobilise community a simple question: what’s been most likely to make us laugh recently? Sometimes it feels like we only ask about the difficult times, so this time we focused on the lighter side of life and wanted to know about the recent laughs we’ve experienced, which so often show up when we least expect it. Almost fifty of you responded - thank you - and the replies felt instantly familiar: funny, tender, sometimes absurd, and full of the small elem

Laura Martin
Feb 124 min read


Caring for a partner
We’ve looked at some of the common challenges when caring for a partner. here's how the community are overcoming them.

Liz Connor
Feb 513 min read


When did you last say something nice to yourself?
It’s easy to become overwhelmed when we're caring. Even easier to blame ourselves for everything. So it's time to be kinder to ourselves.

Claire Cook
Feb 57 min read


Friendships while caring: change, hurt, and new possibilities
Explore the power of friendship and find tips for making and maintaining friendships when we're caring for someone
Emily Hart
Feb 38 min read


The power of pets and how they can support us
How pets can help us when we're caring for someone
Emily Hart
Feb 27 min read


Five steps to creating your support network
If we are looking after a family member or friend, no one ever said we had to do this alone.

Suzanne Bourne
Jan 303 min read


Winter warmers
The Mobilise community share what gadgets help us to keep warm during the winter, without adding extra pressure.
Emily Hart
Jan 237 min read


Building effective family relationships as a carer
As carers, we can have some of the most complex, beautiful, heartbreaking, heartwarming, frustrating, rewarding, infuriating and soul affirming experiences with our families. We can have some very unique, beautiful and close relationships with our cared-for person and our wider family. A closeness, understanding and depth of relationship with our cared-for, that others just wouldn’t experience. We can equally experience the polar opposite. Relationships can be complicated and

Claire Cook
Jan 213 min read


A carer's home at winter
Top tips for taking care of our homes over winter

Nikki Brown
Jan 197 min read


Meal planning for busy carers
Whether we are feeding a busy household, cooking for someone else or just cooking for one, as carers anything that makes this easier ...

Suzanne Bourne
Jan 134 min read


30 simple things that can help us feel great
30 simple things that have helped carers to feel their best.

Nikki Brown
Jan 128 min read


10 comfort shows carers are loving right now
Our favourite comfort show can help us feel less alone and offer a bit of light relief at the click of a button. See which shows took the top spot in the Mobilise community.
Emily Hart
Jan 98 min read


Five activities to help put us back in the driving seat
Together, let’s explore five activities designed to help us prioritise our needs and adjust our mindset in an achievable way when caring.

Nikki Brown
Jan 55 min read


Six top tips to making the most out of your pharmacy
Our local pharmacies have a lot of services that can make our lives easier as unpaid carers. So it pays to be aware of what they can do for us, including through the Pharmacy First scheme. Jonathan Lloyd Jones from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society , kindly took some time out of his day, to share some of the ways our local pharmacies can support us. What is Pharmacy First? Pharmacy First is a scheme in England where pharmacists can carry out consultations and prescribe antib

Claire Cook
Dec 23, 20254 min read


Pocket-sized resolutions for busy carers
Is it just us, or is there a lot of pressure to make big changes to our lives in January? Whether it’s losing weight, saving money or starting a side hustle (that’s a second or third job), it’s that time of year when we all get caught up in the New Year’s frenzy. We understand that big resolutions might not feel realistic or achievable for all of us. When we’re caring for someone else, we can be short on time, overwhelmed and stretched to our limit. Then when we set big goal

Liz Connor
Dec 22, 20259 min read


Support for carers this Christmas
We're open over Christmas! Join us and thousands in our community chat, share stories and more.

Suzanne Bourne
Dec 11, 20254 min read


Hanukkah Sameach!
Rosalind, shares her caring story, including what Hanukkah is and what it means to her. Hanukkah Sameach!

Claire Cook
Dec 10, 20253 min read


A carer's Christmas Day
Christmas may be challenging for carers. With difficult behaviour, loneliness or grief, we're each finding our own way to mark the day.

Liz Connor
Dec 10, 20259 min read


10 top tips for making our bathroom more accessible
Our top practical tips to help with safety, comfort, and independence in the bathroom. As well as options for financial support with the cha

Nikki Brown
Dec 4, 202510 min read
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