Deep breath. We’ve just released an update to Rally Round. We now give you the option to have support tasks done by more than one person. To enable this feature select “Allow multiple people to do this” when setting up a new task. This should be really helpful for things like: “Play cards with Mary on Tuesday evening. Start 7pm”, or “Spend Saturday morning cleaning up John’s garden”. Other changes include: Noticeboard has been replaced by 2 new sections called Notes and Chats. There is now an option available in Account details section for users to “share my email address and phone number with other members of this network”. By…
Images of patients in corridors on trolleys, terrible news stories of care homes residents abused and neglected, overworked medical staff, lack of care assistants meaning home visits are down to just 15 minutes… These are the headlines that grab our attention, making us feel angry and upset and quite rightly so. Who’s fault is it? Who’s job is it to fix all this…. On 1st February – Dignity in Action Day – I’d like everybody to take a minute to stop and think about their own role in making sure everybody – every age, every background, every situation – is treated with dignity and respect. 83,816 people are registered as Dignity…
We have something a little bit different for our first blog of the New Year. We are really pleased to share news of a successful lottery funding application for a super mental health organisation in Bradford. Rally Round will be included as part of the fantastic activity delivered under the new scheme, which focuses on improving ‘connectivity’ for older people in the District. The Chair of Positive Minds, Marilyn Foster, has worked tirelessly for many years raising awareness about depression and other mental health concerns for older people. She heads up a consortium of like-minded groups and charities that together form Positive Minds. The project was based on research showing…
Happy New Year. I hope 2017 will be a great year for you. We’ve been working on the new site design on and off for a few months and the new design went live just before Xmas. We’ve added more and better imagery and text on the homepage. We’ve also provided much more information via some secondary pages, including How Rally Round Works, Real Life Stories and and of course this blog section. I hope you like the changes. Please do leave some feedback. I’m sure we can make it even better.