Hello and welcome to Saturday.

Location Services

Thanks to Gemini, Googles AI service, I have been able to create a new method to locate the area you are in. This means its more accurate and does not depend on how you connect to the internet. Again, I only extract the district / area you are located, I dont record any other information about your location but more to the point, I dont know who uses the website. I know how many times the page is accessed but by whom, i have no idea.

So. location. When you visit the website, it uses the inbult function of your device browser to provide your rough location, if you dont want to use that, then you have the option to give your post code. Again, the only information I get from that is the area you are in. If you dont want to use your post code, then just press the submit button and pick an area where you are located from the list.

Carers resources

Im still adding further resources for carers. it takes around 5 minutes to verify each as I check different information and ensure its all current. Its happening, just slowly.

Support Groups

Last week we attended chatterbox, a support group held every thursday between 1 and 3pm in Tooting. This week it was suggested that we look in to an arts and crafts project as part of the business, so if you are locall, this may be comming your way soon. We will be looking at funding for this venture to try and keep it a free event for you to attend. I have also been asked if I would like to co-host a carers recognition group I attend every wednesday, so thats exciting. well, thats it for this week so far.

Have a great rest of the week, but if you find you are suffering, please make use of the website and see if there is a service resource or venue you can use to help you through the day.

This week, Swindon Carers Center announced that they were unable to get funding so they were going to close end of the year. Just under 30 years of service, serving just under 6000 carers. That is amazing, but that in it self, is heart breaking. They just annoucned that they have funding to the end of 2025 so, well, thats better than it closeing this year... Then I found out that Age UK have closed their offices in Southampton, Mind have closed their office in Andover. Im guessing this is just the tip of the iceberg. After hearing the speach from His Majesty King Charles III, related to Mental Health, I had faith that things were going to change, and change for the better.

How is closing these offices due to lack of funding making this change for the better ?

Im worried, really worried. Then on the other hand, creating and developing this website has taken on a whole new meaning, new requirement, new need. So watch this space.