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Change your home from cold to cosy! 15^th January 2021 Category: General

Change your home from cold to cosy!

If you’re struggling with high heating bills or a cold home, take advantage of the Cold to Cosy Homes service offered by Cumbria Action for Sustainability. It’s FREE for all eligible Cumbrian households. What is it? Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria offers free energy-saving advice and equipment, along with referrals for a range of other support, to help you make your home warmer and more comfortable. Read More

Change your home from cold to cosy!

Christmas Cuppa 10^th December 2020 Category: Adult Carers

Christmas Cuppa

As our usual Adult Carer’s Christmas Party won’t be able to go ahead this year, we have arranged a virtual get-together for Thursday 17th December at 1:30pm. This is our first Adult Carers virtual event and we hope that as many of you as possible will be able to join us for a “Christmas Cuppa”. Read More

Christmas Cuppa

Festive Fireside Stories 3^rd December 2020 Category: Young Carers

Festive Fireside Stories

In place of the usual Christmas Party we have arranged a special treat for all the family with brilliant storyteller Ian Douglas. Yes, you can invite mum, dad, brothers and sisters! Grab yourself some cocoa and a blanket and snuggle up before joining the Young Carers team and Ian for some interactive seasonal tales that will have you on the edge of your seat one minute and roaring with laughter the next. Read More

Festive Fireside Stories

Grand Draw 2020 - Could you be a winner? 2^nd December 2020 Category: General

Grand Draw 2020 - Could you be a winner?

Thank you to everyone who has bought or sold tickets for our Grand Draw. Make sure you tune in to watch the prize draw LIVE on our Facebook page at 12noon this coming Friday (4th December). There are some fantastic prizes lined up for this year! We’d like to say a HUGE thank you to all the businesses and individuals who have donated prizes. Read More

Grand Draw 2020 - Could you be a winner?

Know Your Rights 26^th November 2020 Category: General

Know Your Rights

Today is Carers Rights Day and the theme is 'Know Your Rights'. The restrictions, lockdowns and uncertainty throughout 2020 have left many of us at sixes and sevens! The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on unpaid carers has been huge, affecting their access to support and services, their finances, and their physical and mental health. Read More

Know Your Rights

Wellbeing for Young Carers 25^th November 2020 Category: Young Carers

Wellbeing for Young Carers

Earlier this year we purchased a series of Carers Wellbeing videos designed to give carers an opportunity to take a short break and learn a new technique to relax and recharge. Due to their popularity we asked Jacqui to develop some online sessions specifically for Young Carers. Read More

Wellbeing for Young Carers

Young Carers October Holiday Craft Pack 21^st October 2020 Category: Young Carers

Young Carers October Holiday Craft Pack

Hello Young Carers, we hope you’re staying safe and well. Sadly, we have been unable to organise any face to face activities this year, however we know how much you like being creative so we’ve put together a craft pack to keep you busy in the October half-term holiday. Read More

Young Carers October Holiday Craft Pack

Get your free flu jab 2^nd October 2020 Category: General

Get your free flu jab

That familiar chill in the air acts as a reminder to all carers that it is time, once again, to get your FREE flu jab. While flu causes mild illness in most people, some people can develop potentially serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Read More

Get your free flu jab

Calling all unpaid adult carers 23^rd September 2020 Category: Adult Carers

Calling all unpaid adult carers

Calling on all unpaid carers to take a survey on what support you need in your caring role! Carers Trust has launched a survey of unpaid adult carers to find out what support unpaid carers need from government. The survey also asks how social care reform could support carers more effectively. Read More

Calling all unpaid adult carers

We are seeking Trustees to join our Board 14^th September 2020 Category: General

We are seeking Trustees to join our Board

What are Trustees? Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They play a very important role by making sure the charity is run in the interests of the people it is there to support. Our Trustees ensure we have a clear strategy, and that the work we do will help us achieve our vision: “It is the organisation’s vision that unpaid Carers in West Cumbria have full access to services to support them in their caring role, fulfil their own needs as individuals and have services in place to help them move forward when their caring role comes to an end. Read More

We are seeking Trustees to join our Board

Young Carers Art Exhibition 8^th September 2020 Category: Young Carers

Young Carers Art Exhibition

As our usual Young Carer trips and activities cannot currently take place we decided to offer something fun that could be enjoyed at home. We sent out Craft Kits during lockdown and more than 150 Let’s Create Art Packs over the summer holidays. We’ve had some great feedback about the packs and some incredible artwork has been produced. Read More

Young Carers Art Exhibition

Lets Create Art Packs 4^th August 2020 Category: Young Carers

Lets Create Art Packs

We have joined up with the West Cumbria Cultural Education Partnership (Frame) to produce a number of art packs for young carers and their families. The “Let’s Create” packs will contain a selection of high-quality art supplies, along with a booklet full of creative activities for all the family. Read More

Lets Create Art Packs

West Cumbria Carers
Suite 7F
Lakeland Business Park
Lamplugh Road, Cockermouth
Cumbria, CA13 0QT

Charity Number 1119369
Registered in England No. 6123034

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