⭐️Free Classes and Activities for Unpaid Carers at LifeCare ⭐️ Are you an unpaid carer? Do you support another adult - friend or relative - due to their age, illness, or disability? Join us at the LifeCare Centre in Stockbridge to enjoy a new activity or get back to something love: 💚 Tuesdays: • Watercolour workshops from 11am – 12:30pm. 💚Wednesdays: • Diverse dance mix from 12pm – 1pm. • Yoga & Pilates with Move with Aoife from 11am – 12pm. • Zumba with Fergus from 1:30pm – 2:30pm. 💚Thursdays: • Painting & Sculpture for beginners from 1:30pm – 2:30pm. 💚Fridays: • Chair Yoga with Move with Aoife from 12:15pm – 1:15pm. All sessions are drop-ins, so no need to book and you can take the person you care for along too. Free thanks to @carebreaks ✨ #unpaidcarers #freeclasses #freeactivities #free #edinburgh #charity #communityhub #communitycafe #olderpeople #pilates #yoga #zumba #painting #sculpture #dance #watercolours #shortbreaks

🍰 Afternoon Tea at CafeLife - BOOK NOW 🫖 Join us on Thursday 30th May between 12.30pm and 2.30pm at CafeLife for one of our delicious afternoon tea’s! Enjoy coffee and tea as well as an assortment of delicious savoury and sweet treats including sandwiches, pies, cakes and scones. £12 per head (£15 to include a donation that will support our vital work with older people) £6 for children under 12. All dietary requirements will be catered for. Contact enquiries@lifecare-edinburgh.org.uk or give us a call on 0131 343 0940 to reserve your place 📞 ✨

✨With your help, we can bring more smiles like this to older people across Edinburgh ✨ As a charity, LifeCare relies on the generosity of our amazing, donors, funders, partners and volunteers. Thanks to your incredible support, we can provide vital care to hundreds of local older people and their carers every year. Click the link in our bio to find out more about how you can get involved and together, we can make a difference to the lives of local older people 🔗💚 #charity #unpaidcarers #olderpeople #fundraise #volunteer #donate #edinburgh #thirdsector

It’s #fridayfundraiser 💚 We want to say a huge thank you again to all those who came along to our Spring Community Event last weekend. Thanks to you, we raised a fantastic £389 which will help fund our vital work supporting local older people to thrive at home and be active in the community. We look forward to welcoming you all at our Community BBQ on Friday 21st June between 1pm and 3pm! 🍔🥳 save the date! #fundraise #charity #savethedate #freecommunityevent #bbq #communityfirst #summer #donate #edinburgh #edinburghcharity #olderpeople #unpaidcarers #communityhub

✨“Wonderful” Outreach service praised in latest client and carer survey ✨ Our Outreach service provides care, support and companionship at home or out and about to over 50s with care and support needs - and we’re currently accepting new clients. The service not only provides vital support to clients, but gives their unpaid carers a well deserved break, leaving them to relax or go out and about in the knowledge they are in safe hands.. but don’t just take our word for it! The difference we make can be seen in the wonderful feedback we receive: 💚86% of clients in our most recent survey said they were happy or delighted with the service 💚82% felt more socially connected 💚77% reported improved health and wellbeing 💚88% of carers felt better supported now they are receiving support from the LifeCare Outreach Team To find out more about how you can get a little extra support for you or your loved one, give us a call on 0131 343 0944 or visit the link in our bio for more info 🔗

Join us this Friday 3pm - 5pm for another fantastic FREE talk in our cafe. Jackie Sangster from @histenvscot will be here to talk about Edinburgh Street Style. An opportunity to get your glad rags on! During the session she will be looking at what the whole of Edinburgh and the Lothians have chosen to wear over the decades; following fads & fashions from the past and how we dressed to impress. Well look at where people showed for their clothing, whether buying traditional tartan, a Victorian corset on Princes Street, teen garb in Leith or flared denim on 1970s Cockburn Street.

🚗 Meals on wheels - preventing loneliness and malnutrition 🍽️ Our meals on wheels service provides your loved one with fresh, hot meals delivered straight to their door, preventing malnutrition - and the chance to have a bit of a chat with our friendly, reliable drivers, preventing loneliness. £7.15 per two course meal, or if on pension credit, the service can be accessed for free. If you think this is something you, or an older person in your life might benefit from, visit the link in our bio or give us a call on 0131 343 0940 📞 #mealsonwheels #loneliness #malnutrition #olderpeople #edinburgh #charity

It’s World Health Day 🌎🩺 At LifeCare, we’re proud to play our part in improving the health and wellbeing of older people across Edinburgh by supporting them to thrive at home and be active in the community. From tackling malnutrition through our meals on wheels, to preventing loneliness and isolation through our outreach and day clubs that provide fun and friendships, our vital, person-centred services are there to support those that need them most. To find out more about what we do, and the difference we make, visit the link in our bio 🔗✨ #myhealthmyright #edinburgh #mealsonwheels #healthy #wellbeing #charity #dementiasupport #worldhealthday

A great day spent celebrating the change of the season and bringing the local community together at our Spring Event today! Free thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund! Thank you to all who came and supported us 🌸🫶 #spring #springtime #fundraise #fundraising #donate #baking #homebaking #bake #charity #olderpeople #unpaidcarers #community #communityfirst #communityhub

For today’s #fridayfundraiser we want to say a huge thank you to Stockbridge Reelers for their generous donation of £1,354 to LifeCare 💚 This money will enable LifeCare to continue to support older people across Edinburgh to thrive at home and be active in the community, at a time when we have never been needed more. On why they made the donation, Jo Leith from the reelers said: “Dancing Scottish reels and jigs is both a mental and a physical pursuit with tangible welfare and health benefits. Its also very sociable and good fun. We are a group embedded in the community and many friendships have been formed over the years. Our values are aligned with those of the LifeCare Centre and we admire their work. The Stockbridge Scottish Reelers make an annual financial donation to support the valuable work of the LifeCare Centre within the community and shall continue to do so.” To find out more about how you can support us, or to make a donation, visit the link in our bio 🫶 #fundraise #fundraising #donate #charity #edinburghcharity #olderpeople #unpaidcarers #scottish #scottishdancing #dancing #community #communityfirst #communitymatters

Today we had the opening of our first ever art exhibition. Featuring work from our carers watercolour class, we enjoyed coffee and cake while looking at the amazing art the class has been creating. The exhibition will be on display for the month of April, why not pop in and view the work and have a coffee in our cafe.

🌷Free Spring Family Community Event at the LifeCare Hub🌼 It’s just over one week until we open our doors to the local community and celebrate the change of season (we hope)! Join us on Saturday the 6th of April between 10am and 2pm at the LifeCare Centre on 2 Cheyne Street.  Enjoy lots of fun spring activities, including a bake sale, art exhibition featuring artwork from our unpaid carers classes, and our pop up play for under 5s for your littles to enjoy!  This event is free thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.  All welcome, just drop by ✨  #charity #stockbride #edinburgh #family #freefamilyfun #spring #olderpeople #unpaidcarers #community #communityevent #artexhibition #art

🍴Is there an older person in your life who would benefit from using our meals on wheels service? 🚗 Your loved one will enjoy meals prepared fresh each morning at CaféLife, delivered to them at home, hot and ready to eat. Just £7.15 per two course meal or if on Pension Credit or Universal Credit, the service can be accessed for free. To find out more visit the link in our bio or call us on 0131 343 0940 📞 #mealsonwheels #edinburgh #edinburghcharity #charity #olderpeople #unpaidcarers

Free power of attorney information event at the LifeCare Centre – BOOK NOW 🚨 What is power of attorney? Why is it important? Why should you set one up? Join us on Wednesday 1st May between 2pm and 4pm at the LifeCare Centre and find out everything you need to know from the experts at @lindsayslegal. 1.45pm arrival for a 2pm start. Free tea and coffee will be served ☕️ To book and find out more visit the link in our bio 🔗 #powerofattorney #charity #free #edinburgh #charity #edinburgh #olderpeople #unpaidcarers