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Hannah Blackmore

Hannah Blackmore

Hannah joined Helping Hands in February 2024 as a Content Writer where she enjoys writing blogs, care advice pages and campaign work. She has a degree in Archaeology and Ancient History and previously worked as a professional archaeologist. Hannah hopes to one day become a published author and enjoys solo travel, film and TV, history, fitness and writing.

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Why Helping Hands Are a Trusted Elderly Care Provider in Walsall

Why You Should Choose Helping Hands for Elderly Home Care in Walsall For more than 35 years, Helping Hands carers have been supporting people across Wales and England with personalised, compassionate home care. During this time, we’ve had the privilege of helping tens of thousands of individuals and their loved ones to remain independent, comfortable […]

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Why Helping Hands Are a Trusted Elderly Care Provider in Swindon

Why You Should Choosing Helping Hands for Elderly Home Care in Swindon At Helping Hands, we’ve got over 35 years of experience in delivering compassionate, person-centred home care to people across Wales and England. In that time, we’ve helped tens of thousands of our customers and their families to continue living independently and comfortably in […]

An older man with glasses and a beard works on a crossword puzzle with a pen whilst a young woman beside him smiles warmly, both sitting together on a sofa in a cosy indoor setting.

What to Know Before Beginning Live in Care in Bristol

How Live in Care in Bristol Differs to Visiting Care Live-in care differs from visiting care as it provides you with a carer who will come to live with you in your home and provide 24/7 care and companionship. Unlike visiting care, where your carers will visit you at pre-determined times, live-in care gives you […]

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What to Know Before Beginning Live in Care in Bromsgrove

How Live in Care in Bromsgrove Differs to Visiting Care When you choose live-in care, a professional carer comes to live with you in your home and provides care and companionship around the clock. This is different to visiting care, where a carer comes at agreed times of the day or week to help with […]

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National Employee Appreciation Day 2025

Here at Helping Hands HQ, we’re all about appreciating our employees and the superb work they do, day in and day out. Not to be cliché, but we believe that every day should be National Employee Appreciation Day! All the same, March 7th is swiftly approaching and with it, a day set aside just to […]

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Carer’s Allowance to rise under new Labour Budget

Love them or hate them, the new Labour government is here to stay (at least for the next four years) and with it – a new Budget. Sadly, if you’re a farmer, pensioner or first-time home buyer, the chances are you’re not too impressed with the changes. However, here at Helping Hands, we’re all about […]

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Sylvia by the Sea

Sylvia has been a treasured member of the Helping Hands family since March this year; we love supporting her from our Durham branch. Sylvia is one for nostalgia and loves reflecting on her youth and days gone by. We thought exploring Sylvia’s favourite sites with her would be a great idea to enjoy the day […]

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Valda’s South Africa Surprise

The lovely Valda joined the Helping Hands family in February 2024 and we wasted no time in getting to know her. While she was a long-time UK resident, Valda had deep roots and family in South Africa. She led a comfortable and happy life over here in the UK, but Valda often dreamt of making […]

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Penny’s Dance Passion

Penny Bromham has been part of the Helping Hands family since July 2017 and remains one of our lovely customers from Neath, South Wales. Penny is supported with her day-to-day life with cerebral palsy and requires full-time assistance with showering, dressing, household chores and transport. Alongside her cerebral palsy, Penny also lives with short-term memory […]

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Tony Christie – Singing for Dementia

Tony Christie is a well-known musical legend, famous for some great songs like ‘Amarillo’, ‘Las Vegas’ and ‘Don’t Go Down to Reno’. Now at the golden age of 81, the songbird is joining in with Music For Dementia to support those affected by the condition and reflecting on his journey. Even though he was diagnosed […]