I understand corona virus and do understand the steps that were taken to shut the country down we need to keep everyone safe and well but most importantly we need to stop putting more pressure on the NHS and carers. I was shocked and horrified when I heard on the news that there was a…
I was talking to my mam the other week, she was telling me that when you buy seaweed in an restaurant I need to check that its real and not deep fried cabbage, that’s my mam always coming out with random things. I don’t know how we got onto the topic of itchy skin, my…
I have lost count how many days, weeks, hours we have now been in lock down. When this first Happened I found it hard i couldn’t just drop by my parents house and see how they are, I couldn’t go in to my sisters houses and play with my nieces or nephews or cuddle them…
I would like to share my experience of remote working. At first I found really quite difficult, I felt very isolated and disconnected from my teams and felt I wasn’t able to do my job properly working from home. I spent time familiarising myself with Microsoft Teams and Zoom and helped enablers, people we serve…
When reflecting on the last few weeks of lock down I have had many ups and downs. Mainly missing my family, friends and work colleagues and a massive change in my working day. I do realise we all have to keep safe and look after ourselves as well as being mindful of others that we…
This is the day this awful virus took our beautiful-Crazy-Lovely Mum she died after battling this for 8 days. The most heartbreaking thing was I could not be there to hold her hand give her a kiss and say Goodbye. Then not being able to see my lovely sisters to be there to hug and…
When quarantine was announced like everyone, we had our plans but unfortunately for us life had other ideas. Overnight our child care went from five days a week to none due to the closing of our nursery for all including key workers children, with both me and my partner been classed as key workers this…
I love my home, but I never dreamed that I would be made to be here all the time due to a Pandemic. I miss seeing my family and friends, I miss going to the theatre, I miss going to the hairdressers, I miss browsing round shops, I miss going to Pilates each week, I…
In our times, we are faced with an unknown situation, that of the pandemic of covid-19. We are all in fear for our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Anxiety, fear and insecurity for the future are many of the emotions that we are all experiencing. There are many negative feelings we have…
Too many times I’ve heard people saying what Covid-19 has stopped them doing, such as eating out, playing their favorite sports or watching a film at the cinema, but they haven’t stopped to see what dealing with this situation has given them. For me, it’s given me the time to spend with my wife and…
Such a little word, such huge implications. This has brought out the worst in some people and the best in others. It has been seen in ubu that the best in both staff and people we serve have been brought to the surface in an almost Churchillian attitude of the “We will fight them on…
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