On Saturday 18th September our dauntless abseilers descended on Oxford from the tower of St Mary Magdalen Church, to publicise the great work of young carers and to commemorate the generous, giving life of Muriel Hunt. All of our caring superheroes landed gracefully on terra firma, despite some understandable, last moment wobbles (“I looked down …
This Saturday, September 18th, an intrepid band of CROSSROADS’ friends and family will be abseiling down the tower of St. Mary Magdalen church, in the heart of the beautiful city of Oxford. They are doing this in memory of Muriel Hunt, who always supported young carers, and who herself cared for so many others throughout …
Are you a keen runner? Would you like to enter the Oxford Half Marathon and help your favourite charity while pursuing your favourite activity? The Oxford Half COURSE will take you through the beautiful, winding streets of historic Oxford. Starting in the city centre, you pass through Old Marston and by the River Cherwell, before finishing at …
When caring for a loved one, it is often difficult to keep up with caring for your immediate environment. There is just too much to do to get on top of everything, yet your home is one of the most important contributors to your good health. This is especially important when caring for someone suffering …
One of the greatest struggles that faces people caring for a loved one, is guilt. Sometimes, you just want to put your head in a box and hide your face: you feel guilty about tiny mistakes, you feel guilty about needing a break, you even feel guilty about being tired. Before you know where you …
Why put a loved one into a care home, when you can look after them in the home they love? During pandemic lockdowns we have all become aware of how important our own home is to our physical and mental health. This is especially true for vulnerable people, such as those suffering from dementia, or …
If you use Amazon, you may be interested that you can shop there and help Oxfordshire Crossroads. All you have to do is shop via Amazon Smile for your normal purchases and it will automatically donate to Crossroads at no extra cost to you. Just click HERE to get started – and feel good about shopping!
Oxfordshire Crossroads is continuing to provide care to the vulnerable – and to offer support to unpaid carers shielding family members at home. We are being commended for our approach to keeping service-users and providers safe. Fundamental to this is treating everybody – including ourselves – as if they have Covid. We are continually screening …
We at Crossroads are very grateful for all the support we have received from local MP.s for the Barclays-funded CROSSROADS COMMUNITY RELIEF PROJECT and are proud to share this letter from Witney&West Oxfordshire MP Robert Courts.
We are called CROSSROADS after the popular TV soap-opera, set in a fictional King’s Oak motel, that ran from 1964 until 1988. The show was groundbreaking because it featured a disabled leading character, Sandy Richardson, played by Roger Tonge, an actor bravely battling Hodgkin’s Disease. To accomodate Roger’s disability and keep him in the show, …
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