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Our latest Carers Focus Newsletter is now available to read.

Click here to download the newsletter.

If you would like any further information or have any queries about the contents of this newsletter, please feel free to get in touch by emailing info@edinburghcarerscouncil.co.uk or calling 0131 322 8480

Canal Boat Trip - Friday 14 June

Carers Week this year is from 10th-16th June.

We are pleased that this year, we have booked a Canal Boat Trip from Polwarth!

When: Friday 14th June, 10:30am-12:30pm
Where: The trip will start at Polwarth Pontoon behind Polwarth Parish Church at 36-38 Polwarth Terrace. The boat then turns at the Slateford Aqueduct and the Lochrin Quay.

Trips typically take 2 hours and can accommodate up to 12 passengers. We will have teas, coffees, biscuits, scones and cakes.

Our latest Carers Focus Newsletter for December 2023 is now available.

Click here to download the newsletter.

Inside, you can find information including a summary of our past year and an overview of our current services, our Christmas opening hours, a welcome to our two newest team members Josh and Sarah, details on our next Carers Forum and peer support groups, a fundraising update, volunteering opportunities, and more.

People’s Postcode Trust is a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We are delighted to have received funding of £25,000 from the Trust to help us to continue delivering our individual, collective and peer advocacy services for unpaid carers.