# carers (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover carers. Page: Feed: --- ## [Vanessa Atalanta](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/vanessa-atalanta) _2026-08-26 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ The Red Admiral butterfly ## [Is this the USA’s Jason Arday? 😡](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/is-this-the-usas-jason-arday) _2026-08-23 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ Please don’t let it be. ## [Where did you get to, my lovely?](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/where-did-you-get-to-my-lovely) _2026-08-22 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ An image from Carers UK campaign for Unpaid Carer’s support to access respite support 2025. ## [It's just not cricket](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/its-just-not-cricket) _2026-07-29 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ Cricket is an OLD game. ## [Gynacological harm is a deliberate NHS policy](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/gynacological-harm-is-a-deliberate) _2026-07-28 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ If the NHS is serious about tackling medical misogyny, this has to change ## [Carers Allowance at 50: DWP Fraud and Error](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/carers-allowance-at-50-dwp-fraud) _2026-07-24 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ Carers are seen as the ‘ultimate benefit scrounger’ - not only do we not 'work', but we are helping the people we care for not to work. So the Government persistently ‘punishes’ carers. ## [Coming to terms with calling myself a carer](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/calling-myself-a-carer) _2026-06-12 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ why I never saw myself as one and how I came to realise its value ## [Campaigning for change - but on the other side of the story](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/campaigning-for-change-but-on-the) _2026-05-26 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ Appearing Live on BBC Breakfast for Carers UK ## [Britain doesn't want Reform UK. It wants electoral reform.](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/britain-doesnt-want-reform-uk-it) _2026-05-09 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ Or... why the Reform party's electioneering was so successful. Careful now. ## [I am, once again, a Citizen of the UK](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/i-am-once-again-a-citizen-of-the) _2026-04-25 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ It has taken five years and 8 months but I now have official ID ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EVLNTVh3OL1G) _2026-04-25 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Winning at life: my daughter and the Derwent Art Prize 2026](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/winning-at-life-my-daughter-and-the) _2026-04-17 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ It wasn't always like this..... ## [Carer's Allowance benefit is 50 years old this week](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/carers-allowance-benefit-is-50-years) _2026-04-11 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ But 'unpaid carers' who are paid this wage are still treated appallingly ## [The Shift](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/the-shift) _2026-03-20 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ new opportunities, personal growth and a lightening of burdens ## [Grief dreams and a funeral - then and now](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/grief-dreams-and-a-funeral-then-and) _2026-02-06 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ In remembrance of two beautiful, similar souls ## [You're NOT A KING](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/youre-not-a-king) _2026-01-20 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ Enough is Enough ## [2025: The year of the curveball](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/2025-the-year-of-the-curveball) _2025-12-31 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ As the sun drops fast into the inky horizon outside my window, I’m snatching a moment to write about this year before it, too, comes to an end. ## [A Christmas tale of shop staff kindness](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/a-christmas-tale-of-shop-staff-kindness) _2025-12-12 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ Every year I take my mother to her favourite shop, John Lewis, for her annual Christmas present shop. ## [Shadows in the Winter Sun](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/shadows-in-the-winter-sun) _2025-12-07 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ With thanks to Beatrijs for this moment of zen ## [Shopping](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/shopping) _2025-11-22 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ My friend phoned me this morning whilst shopping. This was our conversation :o) ## [So that's what I've been up to this week...](https://dilligafido.substack.com/p/so-thats-what-ive-been-up-to-this) _2025-11-21 · DILLIGAF?IDO · DILLIGAF?IDO_ How about you? ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fVqkn5RUosND) _2025-11-21 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Carers Rights: use them or lose them](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/carers-rights-use-them-or-lose-them) _2025-11-20 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ In support of the charities championing our cause ## [Diamonds in the dirt](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/diamonds-in-the-dirt) _2025-11-08 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ Finding gems in hard places ## [When tragedy strikes...](https://siobhancalthrop.substack.com/p/when-tragedy-strikes) _2025-10-19 · Siobhan Calthrop · A Sandwiched Life_ with echoes of the past