I light this week’s #candleforcare in #NutritionAndHydrationWeek with a particular focus on the importance of #nutrition and #hydration for #older adults. #NHWeek

Join me tonight at 7 pm and lighting this week’s #candleforcare in #NutritionAndHydrationWeek with a particular focus on the importance of #nutrition and #hydration for #older adults. #NHWeek

I light this week’s #candleforcare in #OsteoporosisAwarenessMonth. Tonight and every night this condition affects one in 10 women in the UK including many older women. We need to increase awareness and focus. #Osteoporosis

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #WorldHearingDay with a focus on how important it is that as a whole society we better understand the needs of all living with #hearing loss and impairment. #HearingCareForAll

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on #WorldHearingDay. Nearly 1,000,000 people in #Scotland experience difficulties with hearing from young children to older adults. We need to be more #hearaware.

I light tonight‘s #candleforcare in #HeartMonth with an emphasis on how important is that at all ages we attend to our #heart #health.

Join me tonight in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm. This is #HeartMonth and we all of us need to do more for our #heart to be healthy not least those who are of #olderage. #healthyheart.

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #RandomActsofKindnessDay. Every act of generosity and care we offer another shows that #kindnessmatters. Like a #daffodil breaking through a February frost it brings light and hope.

Join me tonight on #RandomActsofKindnessDay in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at 7 pm. Every day #kindnessmatters and makes us into the community we would want to be. #careaboutcare.

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on #SaferInternetDay. We all of us need to be more confident and aware of what we can do to be safe online and to reduce the risk of #scams. #SID2026

Lighting this week’s #candleforcare at the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek. Let us all work harder at listening to and hearing the stories that bind our community, not least the stories of #olderage. #NSW26 #careaboutcare

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare at the start of #NationalStorytellingWeek. #Stories are everywhere but we need to work hard to #listen to them, not least the stories of #olderage. #NSW26

I light this week’s #candleforcare just before #Parent #MentalHealth Day in recognition that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is often unrecognised. #PMHD26

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week #candleforcare a few days out from #Parent #MentalHealth Day. We need to recognise that there are many #olderadults who are still carrying out the role of parents and their stress and fatigue is considerable. #PMHD26

I light this week‘s #candleforcare in National Activity Providers and Professionals Week in recognition and thanks for the creative work of #activity staff in both #residential care and day services across Scotland. #NAPPW26 #careaboutcare

Join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week‘s #candleforcare in National Activity Providers and Professionals Week in recognition and thanks for the creative work of #activity staff in both #residential care and day services across Scotland. #NAPPW26 #careaboutcare

I light this week‘s #candleforcare in the hope that in the coming days and weeks when we debate the value given to #socialcare in #Scotland not least as a result of today’s #Budget that people will understand just how critical social care is to the #wellbeing of our society.

On the day of the #ScottishBudget join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the importance of adequately funding #socialcare across #Scotland. #careaboutcare #carecreates #homecare #carehomes.

Lighting this week’s #candleforcare in grateful thanks for the dedication of all who are working in #care and #support across #Scotland today, both paid and unpaid. In all weathers and circumstances thousands continue to work in delivering essential care. Thank you. #CareCreates.

As bad weather affects many parts of #Scotland join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this year‘s first #candleforcare with the focus on the professionalism and dedication of all #care staff and those who deliver unpaid #care and support right across Scotland today. #carecreates.

This week’s #candleforcare is lit as we approach the end of the year, in memory and thanks for all who have cared and supported others this year, both paid and unpaid and who have died in the past year. So many thousands have embodied the best of us and our humanity.

As we come to the end of the year, join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare in memory and thanks for all who have cared and supported others this year both paid and unpaid who have died. So many thousands have embodied the best of our humanity. #careaboutcare

I light tonight’s #candleforcare in gratitude and thanks for all carers, both paid and unpaid, who care for and support others across Scotland. #careaboutcare.

Two days out from #ChristmasDay join me tonight at 7 pm in lighting this week‘s #candleforcare and give thanks for the amazing women and men who every day deliver care and support across the country, both paid and unpaid. #careaboutcare.

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on a day which has focussed on the importance of both women and men becoming increasingly aware of #bowelhealth and #bowelcancer. Take action early. Don’t ignore the signs. #Decembeard

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on raising awareness of #bowelcancer as it affects both men and women. #Decembeard.

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare on the eve of #HumanRightsDay with a focus on the #humanrights of #olderpersons. #careaboutcare

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #GivingTuesday2025 with a focus on the importance of giving to #charity. #careaboutcare.

Join me tonight at 7pm in lighting this week’s #candleforcare with a focus on the importance of giving to #charity. #GivingTuesday2025 #careaboutcare

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on the @UN_Women International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the experience of #olderwomen. #NoExcuse #VAW25