In society’s informal hierarchy of “strength,” we often lionise the athletes, the soldiers, the business titans, or the adventurers who conquer mountains and oceans. Their resilience, endurance, and courage are obvious, celebrated, and easily understood. But there’s another group, often operating in the quiet, whose strength far surpasses these visible…
Being a carer means stepping into a role that no instruction manual truly prepares you for. While there’s plenty of advice on medical procedures or accessing support networks, much of the daily reality of caregiving is learned on the fly, through trial and error, and often, through sheer necessity. You…
Grace Cares, in collaboration with Ontex Global, has released a powerful new white paper highlighting the urgent need to support the UK’s millions of Unpaid Caregivers. This group is too often overlooked in policy, services, and public understanding. Titled “Caring by Love, not by Pay: Stories and Solutions from Unpaid…
The messy emotions we’re not supposed to talk about No one warns you that caregiving can feel like a battlefield. That the person you love can glare at you like a stranger. That you can clench your jaw so hard it hurts. This isn’t the caregiving in TV shows. This is the real,…
Why Amateur Caregivers Might Actually Do It Better We live in a world obsessed with expertise. We’re taught to believe that only the trained, the certified, the experienced are qualified to take action – especially in something as sensitive and serious as caregiving. But here’s a radical truth: sometimes, not…