The pandemic has affected us all to a greater or lesser degree; it has impacted our families, our homes, and our jobs. Consequently, it has had a devastating...
Category - Wellbeing
Preventing loneliness in people who live in care homes is just as important as providing personal care and support. We know that care homes are usually busy...
Karolina Gerlich, CEO of The Care Workers’ Charity on the crisis of wellbeing in the social care workforce, and how the Charity’s Mental Health &...
Working on the frontline of the pandemic, care workers have found themselves under immense pressure since the onset of COVID-19. An already stressful...
Working in social care is a hugely rewarding career, but it can also be challenging – never more so than this past year. It’s vital that workers look after...
Promoting wellbeing can be challenging even when we’re not in the throes of a global pandemic! Data is beginning to highlight what we all already know:...
Stephen Vause cared for and supported in a Royal Star & Garter care home. Royal Star & Garter is a NCF member that provides loving, compassionate care...
Following one of 2020’s standout television moments – when Paul Harvey, former concert pianist, composer, music teacher and person living with...
As we have recently passed the 12-month milestone of the pandemic having taken effect, the mental strains and stress levels of care workers across the country...
‘Tough but rewarding’ describes how it feels to work in the homelessness sector. A support worker never quite knows what they will be facing from one day...


