Are you a Parent Carer? Are you the parent of a disabled child? Are you fed up with the amount of information you have to repeat to health care professionals, therapists, teachers, friends and family? […]

Learning Disability Week In 2015, Mencap surveyed over 300 18 to 35-year old’s with a learning disability to find out how they felt.  Of these, 18% felt alone and cut off from people, and more […]

Carers Week If you ‘look after’ someone, do you see yourself as a carer?  If the answer is No, then reading the following may change your outlook – a carer is someone who provides unpaid […]

Dementia Action Week Many of us worry about ‘saying the wrong thing’ to someone with dementia, yet a friendly face or listening ear can make the world of difference.  This Dementia Action Week, the Alzheimer’s […]

Epilepsy Awareness Week 2019 Today marks the start of Epilepsy Awareness Week with activities going on around the country raising awareness and funds for research.  Approximately 600,000 people in the UK have epilepsy and 87 […]

World Mental Health Day Being mentally healthy doesn’t just mean that you don’t have a mental health problem.  If you’re in good mental health, you can: make the most of your potential cope with life play […]

World Autism Awareness Day World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day taking place on 2 April every year. In the week surrounding this day, the public are encouraged to take part in World […]

Lola & Frankie’s Story Over the course of a month, MyLiferaft supports several campaigns through social media and our blog.  As a result, we often come across stories that make us laugh, make us cry […]