Carers Link Lowdown

Just in time for the Holiday Season, we're bringing you our last episode of 2020. This time Katy hosted an office chat with Heather, Fiona, and Catriona. The group talked all about their favourite pa…

For this episode Katy and Jon were lucky enough to have a chat with the other Carers Link, Carers Link Lancashire! Listen in to hear Emma Logan and Angela McKeefery tell us all about what's the same …

Today Jon and Katy spoke to Lynda Hutton from Dementia Services Development Centre Stirling and Michelle Candlish from Ceartas about dementia. This extra long episode goes through some of the stuggle…

Today we welcomed back frequent guest Vivienne Tennent, a Health Practitioner with the Health Improvement Team! This time she spoke to Jon all about Scotland's Track & Trace system and how the NHS in…

Today Jon and Heather speak to Bob Diamond, a member of Carers Link's Board of Directors. Bob goes over how he got involved with Carers Link, what his role entails, and why Carers Link has a Board of…

Today we're bringing you something a little different. Listen in as Heather and Jon discuss mindfulness and share a short mindfulness practice to help you relax and re-centre. If you like what you he…

This week we're excited to welcome our own Fiona, our Lead Advocacy Coordinator, and Heather Wright, an independent autism consultant working with Carers Link. Katy and Heather talk to Fiona and Heat…

Welcome back to the Carers Link Podcast. Today we're very excited to welcome new co-host Heather! Listen in as Jon, Katy and Heather tell us everything we need to know about What's On at Carers Link …

This week we're excited to share with you some information about a new project we've been working on! Thanks to our participation in Global's Make Some Noise campaign this summer, we've now got fundi…

This week we have a sweet office banter episode for you! Lauren, Christine, and Paul joined Katy and Jon to talk about their favourite chocolate bars and much more. Play along as they take on Katy's …

This week we have another Young Carer takeover for you! This time, Sam spoke to Janine from Education Scotland, Hannah from Carers Policy, and Kelly from Carers Trust about how the education system i…

Welcome back after our short hiatus! This week we're diving into all things technology and talking about the programmes at Carers Link that help connect carers to technology and each other!

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We're back with another office banter episode this week! This time we talked all about the podcasts we love, what we're currently listening to, and how you can find great podcasts to listen to.

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This week we've got another Young Carer Takeover! Sam and Cameron spoke to Tom Michie about Young Scot's great young carer package. Listen in to hear all about the great benefits the young carer pack…

This week is all about sleep! We were excited to welcome back Vivienne Tennent, a Health Practitioner with the Health Improvement Team. She spoke to us about the importance of sleep, tips and tricks …

This week we're crafting up a storm with frequent podcast guest, Young Carer Coordinator Amrit! She's teaching us, and all of our listeners how to make a face mask at home with materials that you alr…

This week we're talking about self directed support with Karen Heath. Karen is a Self Directed Support Development Worker with Take Control - East Dunbartonshire. Take Control offers self-directed su…

This week we're continuing our series all about staying well and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. We had a wonderful conversation with Vivienne Tennent, a Health Practitioner with the Health Imp…

Today we have a very special Young Carer take-over episode! We sent Katy and Jon on a podcast holiday for the week and handed the show over to young carers Sam and Cameron! Take a listen to their fir…

We're going back to the virtual office today for some light banter about books! A recent study by The Reading Agency shows that in the UK 31% of people are reading more during the lockdown.

With that…