SELF OR MATCH FUNDING

Many carers struggle on without help until they reach breaking point. Yet, as a carer, it is important that your own health and well-being is maintained so you can continue to care.

A non-profit organisation, we can offer extended respite breaks beyond our charity services and provisions through private purchasing or match funding with direct payments, and contracts from health and social care providers e.g. NHS, Continuing Care Nursing team, Adult Social Services, Achieving for Children.

Complex/Palliative Services: most clients prefer to stay at home, surrounded by family and friends, pets and familiar possessions. Our service makes it possible for the family to make the most appropriate choice suited to their situation.

Parent Carers: for those receiving direct payments we may be able to offer match funding to purchase respite care, dependent upon charitable funds. 

Adults/Elderly: while we encourage all carers to have a Carers Assessment, not all carers are willing. Others experience difficulty finding suitable Care Support Workers who they can trust. Our Care Support Workers are highly trained and supported, and always go the extra mile for our clients.

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The Power of Volunteering for Crossroads Care

During Volunteers Week, one of the people who helps to make our Carers Café such a special place to be, volunteer Clare Henderson Roe, tells us why she gives up her time each week to help Crossroads Care What made you start volunteering for Crossroads Care? For many...

Crossroads Care, A Lifeline for Carers

To coincide with Carers Week, Jane shares her experience of caring for her daughter who has a rare chromosomal disorder —and how Crossroads Care supports them both. ‘Few people really understand the isolation, tiredness and stress of being a carer. I look after my...

Finding Support in Caring: John’s Story

To mark Carers Week in June, John reflects on caring for his wife and how Crossroads Care became an important source of support when they moved to a new community. ‘I am a full-time carer for my wife, Monica. We’ve been married for 44 years, and for most of that time...

Team Crossroads Takes on the Turks Head 10K for Unpaid Carers

On Sunday 7th June, ten amazing individuals will take on the Turks Head 10K in Twickenham — running to raise funds for Crossroads Care Richmond and Kingston. With just a few weeks to go, training is well underway, and spirits are high. Among Team Crossroads is our...

Sisters Running the London Marathon for Crossroads!

Sisters Joanna and Ella Tilley share why they’re taking on the London Marathon this April — honouring their late father while raising vital funds for Crossroads Care Richmond and Kingston. On 26th April 2026, Joanna and Ella Tilley will take on the 26.2 miles of the...

Caring: The Toughest Challenge of My Life

To mark International Women’s Day, Caitlin Limmer, Crossroads Care Ambassador and director of the Turks Head 10 Fun Run, shares her experience of caring for her husband who is living with Alzheimer’s ‘I’ve run 19 marathons, cycled and swum through many gruelling...

Alice’s Mega Marathon Mission!

Our very own Alice Bailey, Crossroads Caring Café Lead, will be taking on an incredible challenge by running the Manchester Marathon on 19th April.   As if that wasn’t enough, she’ll also be completing two half marathons in the lead-up — the first of which is the...

Finding Calm while Caring

To mark National Stress Awareness Day, one mum shares how Crossroads Care’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Programme has helped her find calm amid the pressures of caring. ‘When you’re a carer, time to yourself is limited,’ says Janet. ‘I’m a single mum, working...

The Transforming Power of Karate

Here, one mum shares how the life of her son has been transformed by doing karate at the Crossroads Care Saturday Club for children with special educational needs. Before Tomiwa, 13, started attending The Saturday Club, he struggled to communicate and make friends....

Living Well with Young-Onset Alzheimer’s

Here, Twickenham resident Martin Thow shares what it’s like to live with young-onset Alzheimer’s — and how a pioneering Crossroads Care support group is bringing hope, help, and connection to people like him and their carers. ‘When I was first diagnosed with...