‘It might seem modest, but it’s been transformational’
Jane Davison, 62, is a nursery assistant and lives in Hertfordshire with her daughter Joey, 29.
Being a cleaner isn’t anyone’s dream job, but in the early 1990s I chose the role at my local college because it fitted around my caring responsibilities. For over 30 years, I’d start my day at 5am and finish at 8am – leaving the day free to be with my four children, Robert, now 42, Neil, 40, Giovanni, 37 and Joey, 29.
When they’d grown, I found myself looking after my elderly father Henry and latterly my husband John, who suffered from a stroke in 2020. Now, I’m a carer for Joey, who has anxiety and anorexia.
As I got older, cleaning became more physically difficult,…
