by Fiona Mitchell | Feb 15, 2023 | Our Stories
With the double whammy of plummeting temperatures and the soaring cost of living, Crossroads Care has stepped into the breach to offer a comprehensive Winter Response programme which includes a much-needed Warm Hub for many of the borough’s most vulnerable and...
by Fiona Mitchell | Dec 22, 2022 | Our Stories
What a success our Show an Act of Kindness at Christmas Appeal has been this year – and it’s all thanks to you. Our 2022 appeal to lift the spirits of our often lonely older Carers at Christmas by hand-delivering hampers to them has surpassed even the popularity of...
by Fiona Mitchell | Oct 18, 2022 | Our Stories
Kindness. It’s that essential quality that all our Care Support Workers have, and the friendly and warm Sue Ireland, who recently joined the Crossroads team as Adult and Caring Café Lead, has it in spades. Sitting behind a desk all day was never going to be for Sue...
by Fiona Mitchell | Oct 10, 2022 | Job Opportunities, Our Stories, Uncategorized
Care Support Worker Sarah Weetch recently told guests at our Annual General Meeting just what it’s like to be a Care Support Worker…. ‘I have worked for Crossroads Care since July 2020, but my career background was not in care. I worked as a PA for...
by Fiona Mitchell | Sep 23, 2022 | Our Stories
The Queen’s funeral service was an especially poignant day for everyone here at Crossroads Care, but particularly so for one member of staff at our Saturday Club for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). While all of the...
by Fiona Mitchell | Sep 21, 2022 | Carers page, Our Stories
Rosamund’s husband, Michael, had just turned 60 when he was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s. Here, Rosamund shares her journey and the profound difference Crossroads Care has made to both their lives ‘When Michael was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, two weeks...