At The CWC we are always looking for more ways to support care workers. One of our aims is to offer a more holistic approach to the support we can offer. As a result, in September 2020 we launched a three month Mental Health Support Programme trial with two companies.

The purpose of the trial was to find the right partner to help us deliver the Mental Health Support Programme so we could ensure care workers were getting the best quality support possible. We selected twenty care workers in total, ten per company participating in the trial to attend up to ten one-hour therapy sessions.

We are currently in the process of gathering feedback from the participants which has so far been very positive. The idea is for us to be able to not only financial support, but also support with the mental health issues that arise from various factors. We hope to fully launch the Mental Health Support Programme in early 2021.

Due to the uncertainty of Covid-19, we have not been able to work on adding anymore grant streams as well as the existing ones. However, we are considering how we can provide a more holistic offering and will continue to develop our offering in 2021.

What we do is dependent on funding. Therefore, we are always grateful for any support.