During this time of the pandemic, life situations are changing from hour to hour. A fast and direct line to assistance or employment is increasingly needed all over the UK. Are you in need of urgent care or employment? Use Eyja’s &lsq...
Whether or not you celebrate Christmas we hope you’ve already got your care plans in place and are able to sit back and enjoy the festive season in whichever way you choose. Christmas can cause disruptions, as some carers – and rightly so &n...
At EYJA we greatly care about user experience and want to make sure our members get the most out of our website. In order to continue improving your EYJA experience we analyse how you use the platform and listen closely to any feedback you provide. Our analyt...
Welcome to our latest ‘Member of the Month’ blog post. The Member of the Month series is a chance for you to share your stories and for us to showcase outstanding members. It was rather quiet over the summer – most likely everyone was out enj...
Welcome to our latest ‘Member of the Month’ blog post. In case you missed our first article, the Member of the Month series is a chance for you to share your stories and for us to showcase outstanding members. July’s Member of the Month is E...
Welcome to the first post in our new blog series ‘ Member of the Month’! This is a chance for you to share your stories of using our platform and for us to showcase our members and their unique, inspiring stories. Our inaugural Member of the Mon...
We continuously monitor user experience on EYJA to ensure our service is the best it can possibly be. One of the things we have noticed is that many members create a profile when they join, but then sit back and wait for someone to contact them. We understand...
If you receive a Personal Health Budget, Integrated Personal Budget (combining health and social care funding) or a Personal Wheelchair Budget, you are invited to share your experience of the care and support you receive in a new survey being run by NHS E...
EYJA believes in a personalised approach to making connections in the personal care sector. Sharing stories inspires, and helps us to understand each other’s struggles and challenges. It also reminds us that we’re not alone. With this in mind we...
Recently we made some exciting updates to our website to help improve your experience using EYJA. As part of this update it is now mandatory for all new members to provide some information in their profile before they can complete the registration process. In...
You may have wondered if you can find EYJA on social media channels like Facebook or Twitter. Well, we took the brave decision not to create social media accounts. This may seem like an odd marketing decision, but we wanted to stick to our core principles. On...
As autumn arrives we’re happy to share that our first summer has been a successful one. Membership continues to grow and we’re really proud of what we’ve managed to achieve so far. However, we’re not the type to rest on our laurels and...
Membership to the EYJA platform is free, providing users with access to a wide range of services from using our search system through to shortlisting your favourite member profiles. However, we also offer a subscription service that provides you with full ac...
It’s now been several months since EYJA first launched and we’re excited to see use of our platform continue to grow as new members take advantage of our free subscription offer. This special offer is available to our first 300 subscribers –...
We cannot believe it’s already been a month since EYJA officially launched! We’re proud to announce that in this time we’ve had 89 new users sign up. Thanks so much to those of you who’ve joined our service, it’s wonderful to have...
These three small steps will make a big difference to how many people view your EYJA profile. Your EYJA profile summary is hugely important – it is your first point of contact with a potential employer or employee, as this is what they see if your profi...
Advice for PAs and carers looking to find new work A picture is worth a thousand words, so the saying goes. What does your profile picture say about you – and are you portraying the right image? Research has shown that although it only takes up a very...
I have lived a very full and active life over the past 60 years. I had a motorcycle accident in 1977 in which I damaged my spine resulting in tetraplegia (paralised from the chest down and in all four limbs). I have had a family, worked full time in local gove...
At EYJA our compact team of dedicated professionals know both sides of the coin; living with the challenge of a disability and working as a PA. Our project was born from this understanding, as well as an understanding of the issues which many living life with...