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Health & Wellbeing MOT 14th September 2017 Category: General Health & Wellbeing MOT Time for your Health and Wellbeing MOT!  As a carer do you regularly put your own needs at the bottom of the priority list because your main concern is the person you care for? It is vital that you maintain your physical, emotional and mental health to enable you to continue in your caring role. Read More Health & Wellbeing MOT
10 tips to tackle the distractions of working from home 14th September 2017 Category: Working Carers 10 tips to tackle the distractions of working from home The way we are working is changing at a rapid pace. Research shows that flexible working is set to be the main way of working within 70% of organisations by the end of 2020. One of the most popular methods is working from home. As many of you will know who have the opportunity to work from home, there are distractions everywhere! This week we have ten tips to help you be productive and make working from home, work for you. Read More 10 tips to tackle the distractions of working from home
Incredible donation from Freemasons 13th September 2017 Category: General Incredible donation from Freemasons £10,000 cheque presentation from Cumberland and Westmorland Freemasons As part of their Tercentenary celebrations each group was asked to nominate a worthy local charity to receive a donation and the South West Cumberland Group chose us! Our Chief Officer, Sue Whitehead and Young Carers Project Manager, Michelle Watson were presented with the cheque at the Provincial Concert on 9th September. Read More Incredible donation from Freemasons
Tips for a good nights sleep 6th September 2017 Category: Working Carers Tips for a good nights sleep 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. Read More Tips for a good nights sleep
Our Great North Runners! 6th September 2017 Category: General Our Great North Runners! Our team of runners will be taking part in the Great North Run at Newcastle on Sunday the 10th September 2017. Once again we have 4 runners who are generously giving up their time in order to complete a personal challenge to raise funds for us. Kat Jenkinson, Carla Fletcher, Isla Sinclair and Susan Watson will be running 13. Read More Our Great North Runners!
Benefit Clinics 31st August 2017 Category: Working Carers Benefit Clinics Benefits and application forms can be confusing and daunting.  Applying for Attendance Allowance or it might be that you need to find money to support the person you care for with an adaptation for their home for example. It can feel like an added pressure onto your role as a carer and knowing the clock is ticking in the background can add to that. Read More Benefit Clinics
Mindfulness Matters! 30th August 2017 Category: General Mindfulness Matters! We regularly offer carers the chance to attend a free 8-Week Mindfulness Course. We wanted to find out what carers really think about these courses and how valuable they have found them in helping them to cope with caring and all the stress and anxiety it has thrown their way. Read More Mindfulness Matters!
What West Cumbria Carers can do for working carers when their situation changes? 25th August 2017 Category: Working Carers What West Cumbria Carers can do for working carers when their situation changes? Many of you will have a different experience of West Cumbria Carers. Some of you may be registered as a carer with the organisation. Others may only read this topic of the week and might ‘like’ our Facebook page. Whatever relationship you have with us, you may not be aware of what we can offer if things change in your life. Read More What West Cumbria Carers can do for working carers when their situation changes?
Silver Ball Support 11th August 2017 Category: General Silver Ball Support A number of local businesses are helping us to fundraise so that we can support even more West Cumbrian carers. On Friday 6th October we are holding a Silver Ball at Armathwaite Hall, Bassenthwaite to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. You can find out more about the evening here. Read More Silver Ball Support
Creating your paperwork pack 11th August 2017 Category: Working Carers Creating your paperwork pack Are you so organised with your paperwork that you could grab everything you need in 30 seconds and walk out of the door? Well, if you said no to this question, don’t worry, there is a way to solve this problem. You can easily create a paperwork pack. Read More Creating your paperwork pack
How do you cope with Stress & Anxiety? 3rd August 2017 Category: Working Carers How do you cope with Stress & Anxiety? Can we help you to find new ways to cope with the stress and anxiety that caring can sometimes trigger? Do you ever find yourself: Struggling to focus or getting easily distracted? Busy multi-tasking yet never getting anywhere? Becoming easily irritated when you are usually as cool as a cucumber? If you answered yes to any of these questions, mindfulness could be beneficial for you. Read More How do you cope with Stress & Anxiety?
Thank You Energus! 26th July 2017 Category: General Thank You Energus! We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Energus, who have adopted us as their Charity of the Year for this financial year!   To kick-off their fundraising staff held a bake sale in June to support our Carers Week Cupcakes4Carers campaign. They have loads of other activities planned including: A dress-down day on 1st September A Halloween Fancy Dress day on (you guessed it!) 31st October A Christmas Jumper Day during December In addition to this they are also enabling us to benefit from free venue hire for the duration of the partnership, which is a huge help for a small charity. Read More Thank You Energus!
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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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