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  • VOCAL partners with SPACE

    VOCAL partners with SPACE

    We’re delighted to announce a new partnership with SPACE @ The Broomhouse Hub on a pilot project to deliver the Young Carers Time to Live Programme in …

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  • VOCAL 100 Club – July 2020 Result

    VOCAL 100 Club – July 2020 Result

    The VOCAL 100 club is our monthly lottery which raises money for carer support and pays out half of the fund in cash prizes. Want …

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  • VOCAL Awarded Trusted Charity Level 2

    VOCAL Awarded Trusted Charity Level 2

    VOCAL has recently achieved and been officially awarded Trusted Charity Mark Level 2 which recognises the work we do as a third sector organisation in Scotland.

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  • Time off from caring after lockdown

    Time off from caring after lockdown

    This week most of Scotland moves into the final stages of Phase 2 easing of lockdown. With the exception of some towns in the South …

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  • Safe spaces for everyone

    Safe spaces for everyone

    This Pride Month, we look at how the powerful insights that come from being carers can enable us to be better LGBT+ allies too

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  • VOCAL 100 Club – June 2020 Result

    VOCAL 100 Club – June 2020 Result

    The VOCAL 100 club is our monthly lottery which raises money for carer support and pays out half of the fund in cash prizes. Want …

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  • Carers & Co sing us out of Carers Week

    Carers & Co sing us out of Carers Week

    The Phoenix Choir – Edinburgh‘s very own Carers & Co gave a beautiful closing performance to Carers Week 2020 for us with two beautiful socially distanced music …

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  • COVID-19 – taking stock after our pandemic spring

    COVID-19 – taking stock after our pandemic spring

    As the pandemic lockdown gradually begins to ease we’d like to take a moment and look at some of the positive changes this difficult time …

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  • Carers Week 2020 – Making Caring Visible

    Carers Week 2020 – Making Caring Visible

    This year Carers Week’s theme is “Making Caring Visible” and VOCAL has a great programme of events and courses to celebrate.

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  • VOCAL 100 Club – May 2020 Result

    VOCAL 100 Club – May 2020 Result

    The VOCAL 100 club is our monthly lottery which raises money for carer support and pays out half of the fund in cash prizes. Want …

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  • Breaks without boundaries!

    Breaks without boundaries!

    Discover a new interest or skill, get active with the family, cook together, join a choir or why not explore the wonders of the world without boundaries.

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  • VOCAL is open

    VOCAL is open

    VOCAL Edinburgh Carers Hub continue to support unpaid carers across Edinburgh through remote working during the pandemic. You don’t have to be a relative, or to live with the person, …

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