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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
9 June 2020
Carers Week 2020: The challenges of selfless caring for elderly parents
During Carers Week 2020, we help to make caring visible by sharing voices of staff members at Kingsley Napley, who are either carers themselves or witness the effects of others being required to fulfil a carer’s role. Today, we share Satvir Sokhi’s story as he reflects on his mother’s role as carer for his grandparents and some of the challenges she faces: practically, physically and culturally.
8 June 2020
Carers Week 2020 and the need to make caring visible
This week (8-14 June 2020) is Carers Week. The rallying call “lets raise our voices together and help make caring visible” could not be more relevant given the current situation the whole world is facing. In this blog, we reflect on the importance of marking caring visible and shares a story about her friend's experience as a carer at this time.
5 June 2020
World Environment Day - The green lining of the Coronavirus lockdown… and how to continue to ease our environmental impact
As the UK settles into its tenth week of lockdown, we are starting to see glimpses of hope that we might soon be back to work, the gym, and school. But while we are all looking forward to enjoying things we did before lockdown, we shouldn't be so hasty to revert back to all of our old ways.
22 May 2020
Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week at Kingsley Napley
The importance of kindness and mental health is always high on the agenda at Kingsley Napley, and we embrace the annual Mental Health Awareness Week as an opportunity to raise awareness among our people about the tools and channels available to support their mental health and wellbeing.
22 May 2020
Mental health within ethnic minorities and why #KindnessMatters
We are using this week to support #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and specifically the theme of kindness at Kingsley Napley. As a black woman, mental health is a topic that has long both interested and troubled me. Specifically, why is mental health still reported to be taboo within ethnic communities?
