Tag: Care

Being ‘Not Ill Enough’

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When You’re Too Unwell to Function, But Too Well to Qualify There’s a space people with chronic illness know well. You are unwell. But not unwell enough. Not unwell enough for emergency care.Not unwell enough for urgent referrals.Not unwell enough to meet certain thresholds.Not unwell enough to be prioritised. But still too unwell to live […]

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Quiet Kindness In A Time Of Crisis

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One small act of care, for a family starting again. Today, we supported a woman who had recently fled domestic abuse with her three young children. She’d just been given the keys to a council flat here in Coventry — a new beginning, but one without furniture, food, or even the basics. Her only formal […]

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