Lightening the Load

30/07/2026

Sunflowers 🌻 brought many smiles to our faces today on one of our outings with a lovely client we see twice a week! We took their little dog too so they could have a walk at the same time.

Not all of our clients are able to go on outings! However, we always tap into something they enjoy or have enjoyed and do our best to engage and motivate in a gentle way.

We also made sure we went through the calendar for the rest of the week so that our client knew they had things to look forward to and planned for the rest of the week, made something to eat for lunch, looked together for a lost item and packed a suitcase together for an upcoming family wedding!

We do so many things with our wonderful clients!

The pleasure for us is all about supporting someone else to have some purpose and meaning in a given day along with friendship, companionship, trust, chatter, laughs, reminiscence plus lots more!

07/07/2026

Specialist Admiral Nurses are about to arrive in a town near you in your Nationwide Bank

See dates , Town and times below

ATHERSTONE. WEDNESDAY 12th AUGUST
10am, 11am, 12pm, 14pm, 15pm.

NUNEATON, 2/6 BRIDGE STREET 15th July
11am, 12pm,

HINCKLEY , THE BOROUGH 14th JULY
12pm, 14pm, 15pm .

LEICESTER CITY, HUMBERSTONE GATE 11th AUGUST
10am, 11am, 12pm, 14pm, 15pm

Take advantage of the time slots above guys .
Let our nurses take the problems off your shoulders

Pete
Dementia UK Ambassador

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

❤️"It's like having an extra daughter" - this is how our service is often described!

From taking your loved one/s out for something to eat, to organising and attending medical appointments, checking around the home for out of date food and what jobs need doing, helping prepare meals and shopping, building trust, friendship and companionship, being a family's eyes and ears when they live too far away to check in on loved ones, walking a dog, doing activities or accompanying someone to a social group - you name it, we do it!

😀Nothing is too much for our fabulous team when it comes to supporting older people - we see couples, people with dementia, people with no family nearby, people who are completely alone and immobile to name just a few!

🥰We work hand in hand with personal care services too - their visits may be quick and practical! In between their visits, we provide longer visits where we can really get to know someone and support them with the things some personal care services aren't able to provide!

Please feel free to get in touch for a friendly, informal chat and find out how we may be able to support you or loved ones.

Our contact details are on the first photograph below! We look forward to hearing from you. ❤️

05/05/2026

🥳Such a fabulous review for our wonderful service and team! We are very proud to be providing such a well needed unique service:

"Hi Fran,
I will take this opportunity to thank you for the services of LTL.
Rarely these days do I find that a top quality, reliable business is so easy to access and then provide exceptional
service.
I would therefore be happy to recommend your business to others.
Many thanks and best wishes for the continued success of yourself and LTL.
SB

❤️😍❤️Putting our customers at the heart 💓 of everything we do!

25/03/2026

❤️A lovely review...❤️

"Good morning I just want to say a huge thank you to you all for taking such great care of mum. My sister and I are very grateful and would highly recommend LTL to everyone. Love and best wishes from myself and our family x

❤️

24/03/2026

❤️A HUGE SHOUT OUT to our amazing team!❤️

Our fabulous team went so way over and above in their roles this week - this is not at all unusual for them! They are incredible people!

🥰They gave so much love, time and friendship to one of our wonderful long standing clients to help them smoothly transition to living in a care home.

❤️This has included providing emotional support and reassurance, packing, labelling items, writing lists, getting last minute things together, waiting for a taxi, liaising with the care home plus lots lots more.

☺️Our visits will continue twice a week to the care home so that our client continues the friendships they have made and continuity for peace of mind and to help maintain feelings of security.

😢It's pretty scary having no family and moving alone into a care home!

Providing every bit of support in so many ways means absolutely everything! ❤️

🥰Our client felt settled and secure just a few hours after their move. 😊

02/03/2026

☺️Find us on the Age UK Database and the Joy App. - both used by health, social care and other professionals to refer people to our service!

🥰Many of our customers have been referred to us by Social Prescribers and other health and social care professionals, voluntary and private organisations! Other older people come to us themselves or we are contacted by their families.

❤️The support our fabulous unique team give to the older people in our communities is outstanding! All of our customers say we are a lifeline for them and they look forward to our visits.

😀Let's put purpose and meaning into our older peoples' lives! Many sit alone for hours and hours. They may have a personal carer pop in and out briefly or no interaction at all in a day!

🥲Can you imagine what it feels like to sit alone for the majority of a day, day in day out? When previously you had a social life, more independence, a job, brought up a family. It's not much fun for many older people!

😀That's why Lightening the Load was set up 5 years ago. To fill that gap, brighten someone's day, to help be the eyes and ears when carers need a break, to help put something to look forward to back into someone's life.

😊If you would like more information please private message us, telephone (please leave a message if we are busy with other customers) or email us:

Tel: 0787 404 2416
Email: [email protected]

You can find out more about us by visiting our website:

www.lighteningtheload.org.uk

27/02/2026

🥰We have a couple of two hour sessions becoming available! 😀

🥰We give you and your families peace of mind!

❤️Are you someone aged 60 or over needing an extra pair of hands to help you keep your independence in your own home or do you have a relative or friend who needs that extra bit of support, some encouragement and motivation to do other things and have purpose in a day?

😊Just one day on the life of our fab team... we took one of our customers to a foot clinic last week because their family lives a long way away. We have built up a fabulous friendship. We have done so many things together from going for tea and cake, going for walks, going to the dog groomers and foot clinic, help choose new shoes, checking there is no out of date food in the fridge, helping with light household duties conversation and laughter, plus lots more. Last week we had a lovely chat about the photographs in the house and reminisced about the family and grandchildren. ❤️

Our fabulous team do all kinds of things often going over and above!

❤️We step in where you need help or your loved ones need another you!

If you would like more information about our wonderful service and team, please feel free to "Message" using the icon above, telephone or email - we look forward to hearing from you.

Tel: 0787 404 2416
Email: [email protected]

10/02/2026

🥰We are like extended family our customers tell us!

🥰From friendship, building trust, giving kindness, to organising a plumber, collecting medications from a pharmacy, accompanying to appointments, sorting out a boiler service, cleaning out a fridge, checking for out of date food, going on outings, gardening together, wiping the kitchen round, a quick vacuuming around, walking a dog, reading together, attending exercise classes together, visiting friends in care homes, singing, chatting, prepping a house ready for hospital discharge, sitting with someone whilst their partner/family have some time out, organising the hairdresser, playing games, doing jigsaws, accompanying to the gym, drawing and painting - we do it all!

🤩Plus lots more!

😊If you would like more information about how our service maybe able to help you or a loved one, please feel free to contact us for a no obligation friendly chat:

Tel: 0787 404 2416 (please feel free to leave a voicemail if we are busy)

Messenger - please click the icon at the top of this page

Email: [email protected]