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Blood Cancer Support Group 15^th October 2018 Category: General

Blood Cancer Support Group

Do you care for someone with lymphoma, myeloma, leukaemia or any other blood cancer? Did you know that there is a friendly and informative support group that meets every other month in Whitehaven? All are welcome including current and past patients, carers, family members and friends. Read More

Blood Cancer Support Group

Carers Christmas Festivities 1^st October 2018 Category: Adult Carers

Carers Christmas Festivities

It’s time to start planning your present purchases for the festive season. It may only be October but we all know how quickly the next few months will fly in. So we are planning ahead and welcoming our carers along to our annual Christmas meal, and shopping trip. Read More

Carers Christmas Festivities

Get Up & About to Prevent Falls 21^st September 2018 Category: General

Get Up & About to Prevent Falls

Falls Prevention Awareness week starts on Monday 24th September and coincides with Cumbria County Council's 'Up and About' campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the simple steps that people can take to reduce falls. Why not come along to your local event where you will be able to chat with one of our support workers along with professionals from the county council and Age UK for advice on preventing falls (you can download a poster below). Read More

Get Up & About to Prevent Falls

Transferable skills carers can use in the workplace 19^th September 2018 Category: Working Carers

Transferable skills carers can use in the workplace

Caring and employment can be a juggling act at times; however caring could help you in the workplace. The unpaid role of supporting a loved one or friend creates new skills and experiences that can be transferable to your work. When you are a carer, you have many responsibilities and tasks to do. Read More

Transferable skills carers can use in the workplace

Have you made a Will yet? 11^th September 2018 Category: General

Have you made a Will yet?

October is West Cumbria Carers Make a Will Month Drawing up a professionally written paperwork can be expensive, as a result many of us constantly put it to the bottom of our ‘to do’ list. Recent studies have shown that as many as two thirds of people die without making a Will. Read More

Have you made a Will yet?

Thank you so much! 27^th July 2018 Category: General

Thank you so much!

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Rotary Club of Whitehaven Castle who have donated £1,278.05 to our Young Carers Project. The club raised an incredible £1600 by organising a Musical Evening with VOCE at Whitehaven Civic Hall in June. The concert was part of VOCE’s 10 year Anniversary tour. Read More

Thank you so much!

The feeling of no control 19^th July 2018 Category: Working Carers

The feeling of no control

I like to feel like I have control. That I can plan my week or juggle my schedule so I manage all the different things happening in my life. But being a working carer can create moments and pockets of no control. They may only happen for an hour, a day or it slowly creeps in over time but these moments have an effect on our mind-set and how we see the world. Read More

The feeling of no control

Taking care of your back 2^nd July 2018 Category: Adult Carers

Taking care of your back

Our next FREE "Carers Get Together's" are taking place this month and will be focusing on Back Care Lets talk…Back Care Lifting and carrying are an everyday part of life for many carers and for some this can lead to significant back pain and problems. Read More

Taking care of your back

Have you told your employer you are a carer? 26^th June 2018 Category: Working Carers

Have you told your employer you are a carer?

At any one time, 1 in 9 people who work will be caring for someone. But working carers are still reluctant to tell their employer that they are carers because there is the perception of losing their job or being over-looked for promotion. This is not true; employers are starting to recognise the strong business case for retaining experienced workers and the positive impacts of flexible working. Read More

Have you told your employer you are a carer?

Scam Awareness Month 25^th June 2018 Category: General

Scam Awareness Month

June is Scam Awareness Month. This annual campaign aims to create a network of confident, alert consumers who ‘don’t miss a trick’ when it comes to scams. The Times and Star have recently reported on the increase in phone scams (click here to read the article) and a case where a local lady was defrauded of £320,000 – you can read this story by clicking here. Read More

Scam Awareness Month

Wheelie Bin Challenge 20^th June 2018 Category: General

Wheelie Bin Challenge

Friday June 29th will see the return of a unique community charity event. The Wheelie Bin Challenge is a volunteer led event to raise awareness of local charities while collecting food for local Food Banks. On the day 10 teams of volunteers, each representing a different charity, will be walking 20 miles across West Cumbria pulling specially modified wheelie bins, visiting local schools and collecting food for the North Lakes Foodbank. Read More

Wheelie Bin Challenge

10 useful features of ACAS for carers 15^th June 2018 Category: Working Carers

10 useful features of ACAS for carers

As a working carer time is limited so knowing where to go for information is very important. This week we want to highlight useful services and features of the organisation, ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service). They are an organisation that provides information, advice, training, conciliation and other services for employers and employees to help prevent or resolve workplace problems. Read More

10 useful features of ACAS for carers

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