Rest Assured: Why respite breaks are what families need

Welcome to our guest blog by Rosie Buckley. Rosie is a creative copywriter with a flare and focus on being a health advocate. When she’s not out and about chasing her dog, you can find her typing away her next angle at her desk. Here she explains why respite breaks are what families need. It can […]

Tracy answers 10 questions to celebrate our anniversary

Getting to know our team Up next in our series of ’10 questions to celebrate 10 years’ of After Umbrage is Tracy. She is our Marketing Manager and has been part of the team since Spring 2017. The charity sector has been her home for the past 10 years and she enjoys storytelling. Her favourite […]

10 questions to celebrate 10 years

Getting to know our team One way to celebrate our 10th Anniversary is to tell you about the people behind the charity name, After Umbrage. We can learn much about an organisation by getting to know the people that run it. So, here are 10 questions to celebrate 10 years. Up first is Cath Nicholls. […]

Plan to celebrate our 10th Anniversary

Rather excitingly, 2023 is our 10th anniversary. We are 10 years old in September but like all good celebrations they take some planning. This is where you come in. Can you be part of our plan to celebrate our 10th Anniversary? Getting creative We are proud to have sustained After Umbrage for 10 years. During […]

Logan rang the bell last September

After a nine-month battle with the NHS, my son, Logan, finally got diagnosed with a severe form of cancer in 2019. He was eight. Then, in September 2022, he rang the bell. ‘It’s really hard to describe. It doesn’t sound real. And often I can’t believe it myself,” says Sue his Mum. Nobody would ever […]

My life is on hold

“I had a life before becoming a carer but now my life is on hold”, said Mona from Birmingham about her role as an unpaid carer for her father, Richard. Both Mona’s parents were diagnosed with dementia in 2017 and she made some big choices. I didn’t realise I was a carer When Mona’s parents […]

I hate the word Dementia

Anthony from Manchester is the main carer for his Mother, Margaret who has vascular dementia. He says, “I hate the word Dementia”. It is a cruel disease. His Mum often says, “I have this thing in my head.” Pointing to her head, she knows something is wrong. Anthony and his siblings don’t want his Mum […]

New partnership to support unpaid carers

After Umbrage is proud to announce a new partnership for 2021 with Don’t Tone Alone CIC (DTA). DTA provides social impact through meaningful wellbeing services, such as online exercise classes. They cater for those with long-term conditions and disabled people, as well as unpaid carers. There is a class for everyone. These range from those […]

The Struggles and Joy as a Carer

We started Katharina’s story in Part One and here we are catching up with her to capture her positive approach to life. She tells us of her joy as a carer. You may recall, Katharina and her son Jan, are the first international carer family to visit Kingham Cottage. We are proud to continue her […]