News and events

An insight into life as a Live-in CAREGiver

Live-in care is becoming increasingly popular with more and more ageing adults wishing to stay living at home.

5 Tips to promote good mental health

Sophie at the Mind Journey kindly shared 5 tips for promoting good mental health in the workplace with us.

Bev's Blog - Seeds for Success

Here's the latest blog post from 'our Bev'. In this edition she talks about the benefits of gardening.

Bev's Blog - Surviving lockdown.

In this edition, Bev discusses the challenges of home educating during the pandemic and the future of teaching.

Bev's Blog - Paws for thought!

Here's the latest blog post from 'our Bev'. It's another great topic, so give it a read today.

Bev's Blog

Read the latest blog post from our wonderful Business Development Executive, Bev Favager.

Introducing Sue Gollins

Introducing Sue Gollins, our new Recruitment Officer at Home Instead Wirral.

Be A Santa To A Senior 2019

Last year we managed to provide over 700 gifts to isolated and vulnerable seniors in our local community, who may not have received a gift otherwise.

New Venues for Companionship Cafes

Due to the continuing success of our Cafes we have opened new venues!

Companionship Cafe

Come and join us at West Kirby Leisure centre on Monday 12th of August at 1.15pm to 3.15pm.

Proud to be an OUTSTANDING Home Care Company

Following our recent inspection we have acheived an 'OUTSTANDING' CQC rating.

Wirral Care Foundation Community Fund

Local Organisations receive funding from Home Instead Wirral's charitable arm 'The Wirral Care Foundation.

Dementia week May 20th -26th. Carers week June 10th-16th

During May and June we supported local services and charities across Wirral

Celebrating 1 Million Hours Of Care

In April we celebrated our Millionth hour of care since opening in 2007

#YouCanCare

Come and speak to us about how rewarding it is to be a CAREGiver at our upcoming Recruitment Events at Wirral Leisure Centres.

Recruitment Event

Come and join us at The Oval Leisure Centre on Tuesday the 29th of January from 10am til 4pm.

Be A Santa To A Senior 2018

We have had an amazing year with our Christmas campaign 'Be A Santa To A Senior'. Thanks to the generosity of Wirral residents donating gifts. We have managed to provide over 700 gifts to older people on the peninsula who may not otherwise receive a present this Christmas time.

Wirral Dementia Services Showcase

Last week we had the opportunity to take part in the Wirral Dementia Showcase at Wallasey Town Hall along with other local professionals. The event was open to the public as a way to find out what Wirral has to offer for those affected with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and the resources available across the peninsula.

Macmillan coffee morning and helping Wirral Hospice St John's

We had a great day on Wednesday 19th September when we held our Coffee Morning for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity whilst also holding one of our

The 2018 Home Instead Senior Care Wirral Family Fun Day.

We all had a fabulous time on what was a great sunny day of fun for all our employees. The whole day was a great success and just like last year the d

Charlotte Fest 2018!

We were delighted to attend Charlotte Fest on Saturday. We had a great day and the music and entertainment were excellent. This year was a great succe

Come and see us at the Be In Birkenhead Festival 2018

Come and see us at Stand 15 at the Be In Birkenhead Festival 2018. We shaal be there from 11.00 to 16.00 https://www.birkenheadbid.co.uk/.

Recruitment Afternoon Saturday 28th July.

We are having a Recruitment Afternoon on Saturday 28th July from 12pm until 4pm. Pop in for a cup of tea and a bisucuit to see Jess and have an inform

Celebratory Afternoon Tea

Here are some photographs from our lovely afternoon tea event at the Hilbark Hotel, Frankby. . This event was to celebrate the anniversary of CAREGive

Neston Village Fair - 30th June Saturday afternoon

Pop along and see us at Neston Village Fair on Saturday afternoon from 1pm onwards. Lucy and Gaynor will be there to talk about our charitable arm, Wi

Caregiver Meeting Day

On Wednesday we had our quarterly CAREGiver meeting day. All our CAREGivers come in throughout the day to meet up and receive any business updates and

Be Scam Aware! June is Scam Awareness Month

Home Instead Senior Care Wirral are delighted to offer free Scam Awareness talks to groups throughout Wirral. Call 0151 382 4000 to speak to Lucy or S

One day left to apply for Wirral care Foundation's Community Fund!

Tomorrow is the closing date to apply for the Wirral Care Foundation Community Fund. All requests for the application form which is just 2 pages shoul

Recruitment morning at Home Instead Senior Care Wirral

Pop along on Sunday 27th May, morning between 10am and 12pm to Home Instead for a chat about working at Home Instead as a CAREGiver. We have opportuni

6 days remaining to apply for the Wirral care Foundation's Community Fund.

Have you applied for your share of this year's Wirral Care Foundation's Community Fund? The closing date is 31st May 2018. The application for is extr

Welcome to our new guaranteed salary CAREgivers

We are so delighted to offer guaranteed income to those who wish to work set hours and work patterns each week and our first group of CAREgivers who

Top 10 countdown for Songs to remember

We’re slowly getting closer to the top song of our Top 10 countdown for Songs To Remember! The song for today, coming in at number 5, is Gordon Macrae

The Secret Gardens of Oxton

It was a great pleasure to give out flowers on Sunday in support of the Secret Gardens of Oxton which is a wonderful charitable event whre local resid

Meet us in Neston on Wednesday 16th May - You Can Care

Why not come and see us on Wednesday 16th May for a cuppa and an informal chat about working for Home Instead Senior Care Wirral? We shall be there fr

Secret Gardens of Oxton - Sunday 13th May.

This Sunday, 13th May is the Secret Gardens of Oxton event. Why not drop into the Home Instead Senior Care Wirral office at The Old Bank, 56 Shrewsbur

Scam Awareness at Bromborough Rotary Club

We were delighted to give a presentation at the Rotary Club in Bromborough. A wonderful organisation that raises extensive funds for local charities.

Applications for WCF's Community Fund are available from 1st May.

Applications for the Community Funds are available from next week! . Wirral Care Foundation, the charitable arm of Home Instead Senior Care Wirral are

Three local charities benefit from the West Kirby Santa Dash!

Catharine and Mike Chalton, owners of Home Instead Senior Care Wirral were delighted to attend the presentation by the Invigor8 team at West Kirby Con

Recruitment afternoon at Home Instead Senior Care Wirral

Come in to see us for an informal chat and a cup of tea at our office at 56 Shrewsbury Road, Oxton CH43 2HY on Saturday 12th May from 11am until 4pm.

Barbara and Doreen have worked for Home Instead for 11 years, how about you?

Would you like to work for an award winning company that genuinely cares about the well-being of employees and the standard of service we provide to o

Come and see us on Saturday at the Health and well-being Fair in New Ferry

We are delighted to be supporting some great charities this Saturday at the Health and Well being fair in New Ferry. The event starts at 10.30am until

Just 3 days left to win a giant Easter Egg!

We are raising funds for When you wish upon a star a charity that grants wishes to terminally ill children. Pop in to see us at 56 Shrewsbury Road, pi

Congratulations to Barbara and Doreen on CAREGiving for Home Instead Wirral.

Congratulations to Barbara and Doreen on 11 years of service at Home Instead Senior Care Wirral. Mike and Catharine Chalton were delighted to present

Home Instead Wirral - Wednesday 21st March 1pm - 4pm

Pop along for a chat with Jess and Sandra and find out about the services we provide for our wonderful clients and what it is like to work for Home In

Giant Easter Egg Challenge for When you wish upon a star.

Come and see us in the office at Home Instead, The Old Bank, 56 Shrewsbury Road, Oxton, CH43 2HY and join in our Easter Egg Challenge. We care raising

Information Day at CoffeeCo in Bebington on Mon 12th March

Ever wondered about Home Instead? Jess and Lucy will be on hand at CoffeeCo in on Monday 12th March from 1pm until 4pm so why not pop along to see th

Recruitment and Information Day on Saturday 3rd March

Pop in and see us at Home Instead at 56 Shrewsbury Road on Saturday 3rd March from 11am until 4pm. Jess our recruitment officer will be able to explai

Recruitment and Information Day -Thursday 22nd February at Neston Youth and Community Centre

Pop along from 1pm until 4pm on Thursday 22nd Feb to speak to Jess and Sandra about working for Home Instead or perhaps you would like to know about s

Free Mindfulness in Nature course!

A free Mindfulness in Nature Course is being offered at Neston Youth And Community Centre from Thursday 15th March. Please click the link to find out

#YouCanCare! Welcome to our new CAREGivers

We were delighted to welcome four lovely CAREGivers today after completing their introduction to Home Instead and the Care Certificate this week. It w

Pensby Ladies Circle hear all about Home Instead

We were delighted to visit Pensby Ladies Circle on Thursday Evening at the Community Centre there when we gave a talk to over 50 ladies. They listened

The kindness of Wirral Residents is much appreciated

We have been so delighted this year to receive numerous thank you cards and letters from charitable organisations and individuals who received a Chris

Recruitment Event on Saturday 27th January at Home Instead Wirral.

We are holding a recruitment event at Home Instead Senior Care Wirral on Saturday 27th January. Pop along to our offices at The Old Bank, 56 Shrewsbur

Home Instead are the Best Employer in Care yet again!

We are so delighted to hear that Home Instead Senior Care UK have yet again been voted the best employer in the care sector for another consecutive ye

Be A Santa To A Senior 2017 sees over 500 gifts bought, wrapped and delivered to the elderly.

This year's Be A Santa To A Senior Campaign was our most successful to date with over 500 gifts being requested by charities and organisations support

Our Winter Wonderland has been a great success

We are so delighted that so many of our employees were able to enjoy our Winter Wonderland with their children and Grandchildren this month.We even ha

Home Instead sponsored the West Kirby Santa Dash 2017

Home Instead Senior Care were delighted to sponsor the 2017 West Kirby Santa Dash yet again. We provided all the hats, water and medals at the event.

Come and see us at Carr Farm on Friday evening between 5pm and 8pm.

Pop along to Carr Farm's Christmas launch this Friday Evening, 10th November to speak to our Home Instead Be A Santa To A Senior elves Jess and Tabith

It is Scout Post time again!

Home Instead Wirral are delighted to be hosting the Scout Post again this year from 18th November. . Every year the Scout Post raises thousands of pou

Pop along to see us at The Oval on 3rd November 10am until 4pm

Pop along to see us at The Oval in Bromborough to find out more about the wonderful award winning services we provide throughout the Wirral. We will b

Be A Santa To A Senior Launch on Radio Clatterbridge

We we're delighted to launch our Be A Santa To A Senior 2017 Campaign on Friday in a lovely interview we had with our friendly DJ Steve Evans at Clatt

Home Instead Wirral are delighted to sponsor the West Kirby Santa Dash again.

Once again Home Instead Wirral are delighted to be sponsoring the West Kirby Santa Dash with all proceeds going to a wonderful local charity: the Hoyl

Catharine and Mike Chalton present awards at Wirral Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People.

Home Instead Wirral were very proud to sponsor the awards at this year's Wirral Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted annual ball. The event was

Home Instead Wirral sponsor awards at WSPSB

Home Instead Senior Care Wirral are delighted to be sponsoring the Wirral Society for Partially Sighted and Blind awards for Volunteer of the year and

Welcome to our new CAREGivers!

Three lovely new CAREGivers are ready to start their roles today on completion of their four and a half days of training in every aspect of the role o

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Coffee Morning on Friday!

Pop in for a coffee this Friday 29th September!

We are delighted to be hosting a coffee morning as part of the 'World's biggest coffee morning' initiative to raise funds for McMillan Cancer Relief a

Our 10th Birthday celebration and Family Fun Day was a great success.

Home Instead Wirral were delighted to hold a Family Fun Day at Oldershaw Rugby Club on Sunday 20th August. This was a wonderful day for all our employ

Wirral Care Foundation Community Funding Presentation Evening

Mayor Ann McLachlan, John O'Flynn from Role On, Catharine and Mike Chalton from Home Instead Senior Care Wirral and Directors of Wirral Care Foundatio

The Mayor and Consort visit Home Instead Wirral

We were delighted to host Mayor Mc and the Consort Mr Mc this morning at our offices in Oxton. The Mayor and Consort assisted on the panel of the Wirr

Tony completes his 177 mile Trek for the Wirral Care Foundation

Home Instead Wirral CAREGiver Tony Brown completed his 177 mile trek of the Offa's Dyke Path yesterday. He started at Chepstow and finished Prestatyn

CAREGiver Tony begins his trek today

Home Instead Wirral is trekking the Offa's Dyke Path in order to raise funds for the Wirral Care Foundation, the charitable arm of Home Instead Senior

Our lovely new CAREGivers on their moving and handling training this week.

This week saw another induction course as our company continues to expand. We have a great bunch of professional CAREGivers who can't wait to meet the

SUPERHERO DAY!

We are very excited about Radio City Cash for kids Superhero Day on Friday. We shall be holding a raffle at Home Instead and our managers along with a

We were delighted to attend St Mary's Chrurch in Upton, Wirral on Thursday to deliver Scam Awareness training.

We are supporting Radio City Cash For Kids Superhero Day 2017

We are raising funds here at Home Instead Senior Care Wirral for Radio City Cash For Kids2017. This year's charity is Wish Upon A Star which grants wi

Read about our interview at Radio Clatterbridge!

Home Instead is delighted to sponsor Radio Clatterbridge and we visited the station at the hospital earlier this month. You can read about the intervi

Thank you to everyone who supported the Comic Relief Bake Sale.

COMIC RELIEF BAKE SALE!

Come along to Home Instead Senior Care Wirral at 56 Shrewsbury Road, Oxton CH43 2Hfrom 10am on Friday 24th March for our Comic Relief bake sale. All p

We are holding an Information and Recruitment day about our services at Neston Community Centre, Tuesday the 7th March from 12pm to 4pm.

Pop along at anytime during the afternoon between 12pm and 4pm and you can have an informal chat in a relaxed environment about the person centred ser

Coping Strategies for Family Carers

People become carers for many reasons. Anyone that cares for somebody is likely to have many unanswered questions regarding both the care they are giv

We have been shortlisted for a prestigious Nursing Times Award!

. Our office is in the running for the ‘HRH The Prince of Wales Award for Integrated Approaches to Care’. This is a special award and is being presen

Alzheimer's & Dementia Workshop MF&RS

We were very delighted to have been invited to deliver an Alzheimer's and Dementia Workshop at the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Station in Walla

Congratulations to Jasmine & Martin!

Mr and Mrs Boyd. We would like to Congratulate our Recruitment Officer, Jasmine, who married Martin on Saturday at Christ Church, Bebington. Jasmine a

Home Instead Wirral Wins Top National Award

Laing Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards 2014. We were delighted to win at the prestigious Laing & Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards,

Introducing Our Very Own Artist In Residence

From Left to Right: Doe, Kirsty, and Jackie. Home Instead Wirral is very proud to introduce Doe Henderson, our very own artist in residence. Doe has a

Laing & Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards 2014

We have one month to go until the winners of the L&B ISCA are announced in London. Mike and I feel very honoured to have been selected as finailsts in

Catharine Chalton joins Home Instead International Advisory Committee for End of Life Care at home.

In December 2013, I was invited to join the International Advisory Committee for End of Life Care at home. It is a privilege to be asked, as I am very

Our CAREGiver of the Month Margaret Courtney

Home Instead Wirral CAREGiver of the Month. Margaret is very committed to her work, nothing is too much for her, she is willing to go that extra mile

Congratulations to Heather Dobson

Daisy-Mae. Congratulations to our RAS CAREGiver Heather Dobson and her partner Jamie on the birth of their little girl. Welcome to the world Daisy-Mae

Our CAREGiver of the month Di Ethelston!

Congratulations to our CAREGiver of the month - Di Ethelston! We chose her as CAREGiver of the month as she always goes above and beyond for her clien

Alzheimer's & Dementia Family Workshops

During Dementia Awareness week, May 20th - 25th, we delivered 8 family workshops in 4 different venues across Wirral. We were able to make contact wit

Stuart Matthews Wins 2nd Place in LMH Film Competition

Film Maker Stuart. We are delighted to announce that administration officer, Stuart Matthews has won second place in the Liverpool Mutual Homes 5 Day

Free Family Educational Workshops

Free family workshops Wirral. Home Instead Wirral are hosting a series of free Family Education Workshops to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease an

Weight Busting Group too Give to Food Bank!

Barbara Newton, CAREGiver since 2006. Wirral Food Bank Volunteer. At the CAREGiver meeting, one of our long standing CAREGivers, Barbara Newton, talke

Your health is important to us!

At the last CAREGiver meeting, we offered running groups and smoking cessation sessions. We are really pleased to say that 3 people have begun running

The iVAN is coming to Home Instead Wirral

iVAN is coming to Home Instead Wirral. The iVAN is coming to Home Instead Wirral office in Oxton on 16/04/2013. The public is invited to pop in for in

Football and first-aid see Prenton woman through to 90th birthday

Celebrating her 90th at The Bassett Hound in Thingwal. . . . . . . . . . Local Prenton lady, Maud Stott, celebrated her 90th birthday in styl

Home Instead Wirral CAREGiver of the month - Rick Morris

Rick Morris - Home Instead Wirral CAREGiver of the month. This month Home Instead Wirral CAREGiver of the month goes to: Rick Morris! Rick has only re

Catharine Chalton Appointed to BFA Board of Directors

Managing Director, Catharine Chalton has been elected to the British Franchise Association Board of Directors as Franchisee Representative. The Britis

Heswall Village Carols!

Home Instead Wirral - Heswall Village Carols. We were privileged to participate in the Heswall Society Annual Christmas Carol service this year, which

Nicola McKeever CAREGiver of the Year 2012

Nicola McKeever – CAREGiver of the Year 2012 – Cath & Mike Chalton. When we all started our journey with Home Instead, few of us would ever have belie

Our CAREGiver of the month goes to: Brenda Brocklebank

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Sir Winston Churchill Our October employee of the month goes to: Brenda Brockleba

'Stay Nifty After Fifty' Event

Home Instead Wirral @ 'Stay Nifty After Fifty' event. Home Instead Wirral took part in the "Stay Nifty After Fifty" event where all different organisa

Training Day at National Office

On the 29th March Jenny Drake and Pat Hudson from the Wirral Team joined staff from other offices in the UK. They all met at the National Office in Wa

Prestigious Franchise Gold Award for Home Instead Wirral

Mike and Catharine Chalton are announced the overall winners of the National British Franchise Association (BFA) HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards 20

Information Centre Opens in Lower Heswall

The new Home Instead Senior Care Information Centre is now open in Lower Heswall. In addition to delivering care and independence for the elderly in t

Liverpool 1/2 Marathon

Sunday 27th March was a very special day for our Owner Director of Care, Catharine Chalton and our Rapid Access Team Scheduler, Kirsty Richardson. At

Annual CAREGiver Awards - Nominations

Pauline Haydn received the Maureen Scott Memorial Award for CAREGiver of the year. Pauline has continued to work tirelessly with her regular clients,

Franchise honour for Home Instead Wirral

Mike and Cath Chalton, franchise owners of the Wirral operation of at home care provider, Home Instead Senior Care, have been nominated as regional fi