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Carers Champions in the workplace
22
nd
February 2019
Category:
Working Carers
Carers Champions are a group of people bringing awareness of unpaid carers in their workplace and who can signpost people to us ensuring they get the right support and information for their current situation. You may not have heard of Carers Champions before but they are in several workplaces across West Cumbria.
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Lasting Power of Attorney latest
19
th
February 2019
Category:
General
Only six weeks left to take advantage of 2015 prices! Our fees must increase on 1st April. We have a range of services that can be accessed by email, telephone, post or in person, check out our offering and current prices here. If you have been watching Martin Lewis’ money programme, you will have seen him recommending LPAs again this week.
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Launch of Carers Film
31
st
January 2019
Category:
General
Over the past few months, we have been working with Adamedia to create a short film highlighting the support we can provide to carers. The final video was recently showcased at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster members meeting so that members can see how their incredible donation will support our continuing work – you can read more about this here.
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Young Carers Awareness Day
24
th
January 2019
Category:
Young Carers
Young Carers Awareness Day takes place on Thursday 31st January and will focus on Mental Health. Young Carer’s are children and young people age 5 to 18 who take on physical, practical or emotional responsibilities at home because someone in their family is disabled, or may have been ill for a long time.
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Healthy Eating
21
st
January 2019
Category:
Working Carers
This month we are looking at how eating well can make for a healthier, happier and calmer you. There are so many diets out there; the cabbage diet, the Atkins, 5:2, clean eating or the sleeping beauty diet (that one involves lots of sleep). For the long term, the changing of habits and learning about what is REALLY in your meals and having a balanced diet is the way to ensure that your body gets what it needs for your lifestyle.
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Are you game for a laugh?
10
th
January 2019
Category:
General
Come along to our Comedy Night! When – Friday 15th February at 7pm Where - The Kirgate Centre, Cockermouth Organised by West Cumbria Carers and John Lebbon, the evening will feature local legend Dicky Dippinson along with Tim Bradbury, aka Tiny Tim's Adventures.
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Double whammy of support!
8
th
January 2019
Category:
General
We were delighted to be chosen as the charity to be support at Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster’s (BECBC) Business Awards 2018. The celebration took place in November and the evening saw over 300 guests come out in force to support the businesses nominated for these prestigious awards.
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Christmas Office Opening Times
21
st
December 2018
Category:
General
The West Cumbria Carers office will be closing at 2pm on Monday 24th December 2018. Over the Christmas Period we will be open: Thursday 27th December 10am to 3pm Friday 28th December 10am to 3pm Monday 31st December 10am to 3pm Normal office hours will resume on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
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Tips for a good nights sleep
20
th
December 2018
Category:
Working Carers
SLEEP. We all want it, we all need it and sometimes we crave more of it by pressing the snooze button a couple of times. Everyone is different with how they sleep, how many hours they need or what their sleeping pattern is. But we all know what a good night’s sleep can do.
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New for 2019 – Caring n Sharing Cuppa
10
th
December 2018
Category:
Adult Carers
At West Cumbria Carers a lot of the feedback we receive is about the positive effect of spending time with other carers. To help local carers in doing this we are introducing our new Caring 'n' Sharing Cuppa sessions. These will start in January and be held monthly at a variety of venues across Allerdale and Copeland.
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Set a challenge for 2019
28
th
November 2018
Category:
General
Do you fancy taking part in the Great North Run or Great North Swim during 2019 and help to raise vital funds to support carers in West Cumbria? We’ve got 5 guaranteed places for each event! Great North Swim The swim takes place Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June 2019 at Brockhole on Windermere.
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Carers Rights Day
16
th
November 2018
Category:
Working Carers
Carers Rights day is on Friday 30th November. It is an annual event organised by national charity Carers UK to highlight the work that unpaid carers do as well as their legal rights. The event is also trying to help people understand who a carer is and reach ‘hidden carers’.
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