Lightening the Load

01/01/2026

We have some sessions becoming available! 😀

We are Professional Providers of:

* Tailor Made Services to Support People Aged 60 and Over to Remain Independent in Their Own Homes.

*Relief, Respite, Sitting and Take a Break Services for Carers and Families who Support People Aged 60 and Over.

❤️Hello Everyone

We at Lightening the Load, are an experienced, professional and dedicated team who offer tailor made services to give peace of mind. We support people aged 60 and over (including those with early and mid-stage dementias), as well as their carers and family members where appropriate.

The aim of our services are to support and help others to put some meaning and purpose back into their lives, reduce loneliness and encourage independence, in order that people can live their BEST life possible in their own homes.

The service is for those living on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire/Derbyshire/Staffordshire areas and borders within approximately a 10 mile radius of Market Bosworth.

We do not provide personal care. However, we frequently work alongside personal care services and other people responsible for someone’s care.

😊We tailor make our service depending on individual/family requests and needs. We always ensure that everyone is happy with the staff member who will be visiting, and we always send the same person, at the agreed time and day of the week.

Our sessions are 2 hours long minimum. It is important for positive mental well-being to build trust, friendship and respect with our clients. We can also provide half days and whole day sessions.

Examples of our services include:

⎕ Companionship/friendship

⎕ Having someone to go on outings with - i.e. shopping, social outings, luncheon club, craft club, other of their choice

⎕ Having someone to assist with meal preparation and/or help plan meals.

⎕ Having someone to help with a few light duties - i.e. putting washing in the machine, hanging out washing, wiping kitchen surfaces, filling kettle, getting meals out of the fridge/freezer etc.

⎕ Having someone to do activities with - i.e. reading, crafts, playing games, quizzes, walks, cooking, etc.

⎕ Having someone to sit with the person they care for so that they can have a break.

⎕ Having someone to give a carer/family member/s a half day/whole day off from their caring duties.

⎕ Having someone to give a carer/family member/s a whole night off from their caring duties.

⎕ Having someone to accompany to medical/other appointments.

⎕ Having someone to take on visits to friend/s or family.

⎕ Having someone to ensure that a home is ready for post hospital discharge - i.e. falls risk assessment can be done and actioned, food put in fridge, organise whatever is required to help improve the transition experience from hospital to home. This will always be done in collaboration with other services as required.

⎕ For existing clients, we can offer an on-call service too!

Constant days or long periods alone can lead to poor mental wellbeing including depression and cognitive deterioration.

We are a genuinely kind, trustworthy team with an excellent reputation. We have patience and understanding and we have all been handpicked for our empathetic and trustworthy personalities and can think on our feet - we are passionate about supporting older people and their carers/families to have the best life they can to help people minimise their risk of reaching crisis situations when it comes to their health and well-being.

The service is tailor made to the needs and wants of individuals and in consultation with individuals and their families, where appropriate, always!

We are DBS checked, Safeguarding trained and experienced, trained in First Aid and Food Hygiene as well as carry full public liability insurance. We have Covid policies in place and are experienced in person centred assessment and care planning.

If you would like an informal chat about our services, we would love to hear from you. There is no obligation.

We do not tie you into a contract as we know how life can change from one moment to the next.

Please feel free to contact us for a friendly, no obligation chat:
Tel: 0787 404 2416
Email: [email protected]
Or direct message at the top of the page.

We look forward to hearing from you!

31/12/2025

29/12/2025

29/12/2025

⭐Wishing all of our wonderful customers and their families a wonderful 2026.

😊Thank you for sharing your loved ones with our fabulous team - it truly is an honour.

🎄We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas 🎄.

We have a couple of sessions becoming available in the new year.

Please feel free to email, message or call for a friendly, no obligation chat about how we may be able to help.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0787 404 2416

Thank you for continuing to support our special, unique, amazing service.

With love and best wishes from Fran and the team ###

09/12/2025

❤️🥰Empathy is central to how our wonderful team deliver their sessions to our fabulous customers! You can't "learn" empathy - all of our team were born with the gift 100%! Empathy is innate!

Only people with genuine empathy, trust, emotional intelligence, those who can adapt, who are friendly, kind and compassionate can work for Lightening the Load. And they do!🥰

❤️🥰We are so proud of the work we do!

07/11/2025

🥰Do you have a loved one in your life who is alone for most of the day and would love to see a friendly face and have some happiness, company and meaning put back in to their lives? Perhaps they need help being motivated to do some of the things they use to?

🤔 Maybe one of your family members is caring for a loved one, needs some time out on a weekly basis and is looking for a friendly, approachable service they can trust and rely on?

❤️Our wonderful team are always busy helping put purpose into our amazing customers' lives, as well as giving peace of mind to their families.

We are often described as "that extra daughter" . 🥰

😀We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to get in touch for a friendly, non obligation chat about how we may be able to help.

Please call Fran on: 0787 404 2416

Or please email or direct message by clicking the icon above.

Email: [email protected]

If you would like to read more about what we do, we have a website with more information or we can email you more information too:
Website:
Lighteningtheload.org.uk

30/10/2025

❤️So often people forget that the older people in their lives, in many cases, have done some amazing things and given so much.

Below is a fabulous clip of Prunella Scale's life. As many of you know she had Alzheimer's Disease. This was just one part of her life since her diagnosis in 2014. RIP Prunella.

🥰Have you ever had a chat with an older person about their life? As people get older they often seem to become more invisible to others 🥲.

😍We love to hear their stories, their recounting of life events, about their families, holidays, where they lived, what they did for a living, their favourite things do to or places to go, their favourite childhood toy 🧸 etc.

🥲Older people's lives can often become quite unstimulating especially if they have become less mobile or are looking after a loved one.

🤔One of our customers used to travel all over the world for their job! Have you ever thought of what it might be like now to be stuck at home everyday after such a colourful working life?

❤️Our wonderful team do their best to help put joy, interest and purpose back into others' lives. ❤️

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19wmuamBZZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

13/09/2025

🤩Our Team are Amazing!

🤩 It's Official!

🤩 In a recent survey of our customers, our wonderful team scored 9.8 stars 🌟 out of 10 for the wonderful service they deliver.

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🤩One respondent said they are "Very Happy" with the service. All of the other respondents said they are "Extremely Happy" with our service!

❤️This is some of the feedback we received:

"Would not hesitate to recommend Lightening the Load- does what it says in the title!"

"Extremely pleased"

"Your presence just brightens the house"

"Willing and able, sound advice, great communications and empathy. Can be relied upon. Professional approach whilst maintaining the human touch."

"The person we see is always on time, friendly and very patient with my partner"

"Easy to contact , good feedback, flexible"

🥰🤩A huge well done to our fabulous team!🥰🤩

05/09/2025

It was wonderful to meet Katie at our team meeting last night. The Sapcote Memory Hub CIC is a wonderful resource for our nearby communities. Please do check it out! Thanks again Katie - myself and the team gained a lot from your visit! 😊

20/08/2025

20/08/2025

Helping others lead happier lives!🥰

18/08/2025

🥰OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN HAVING A WONDERFUL SUMMER! ☀️

☺️So have we! We have loved every minute of supporting our wonderful customers to live their best lives possible!

🍦We have had many outings
👰 We accompanied someone to their grandaughter's wedding
🧒 We have arranged and accompanied a few customers to regular hairdresser and medical appointments
☕️ We have taken customers on trips to cafes, garden centres, shops, other places they have chosen
🎁 We organised and accompanied a customer to a birthday treat out with a visiting relative
🥪 We have made picnics and accompanied customers to a favorite picnic spot
😢 We have supported someone who has recently been bereaved to get back on their feet again
🏃‍♀️ We have supported customers to do their seated or other exercises
🍰 We have baked cakes, made soups and other tasty favourite dishes with customers
🐶 Some of us have brought our 4 legged friends to visit our customers which they have loved
🚶 We have walked with some of our customers if they are able
🌺 We have supported some of our customers to choose and arrange flowers
📖 We have read to customers who cannot see so well 👓
🎵 We have sang with some of our customers
🤔 We have reminisced and looked at old photos
🧳 We have engaged customers in recounting memories of past holidays
🥘 We help many customers with food preparation
🧺 We have helped do laundry and light household duties
🌺We have watered customers'gardens
♟️ We have played dominoes, scrabble, draughts, cards with some customers
🏥 Continued our visits when a customer in hospital

Plus so much more!

🥰Most of all, we continue to provide an expert, friendly, person centred service. Our fabulous team are amazing companions to our customers, great listeners and always go over and above to ensure our customers are the happiest they can be.

We have always been by the side of our fabulous customers supporting them to do exactly what they want to do.

We spend much of our time engaging and supporting our customers to feel motivated so that they feel like living the best life they can. This way they feel they have things to look foreward to and feel like there is meaning and purpose in their lives.❤️

For more information about our unique services and our amazing very special team - please call:

Tel: 0787 404 2416

Or please message by clicking the message icon above

Or email - [email protected]