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What would the world be like if working Carers didn’t exist?
21
st
December 2017
Category:
Working Carers
What you do as an unpaid carer is a unique experience; it is one that can be at times extremely rough to explain to someone who hasn’t being a carer. You give your love, time and commitment to another. Not everyone on this planet has the strength and ability to do that.
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Need a New Year's Resolution for 2018?
15
th
December 2017
Category:
General
Why not become a volunteer with us? Making a new year’s resolution to volunteer probably won’t help you lose weight, give up smoking or encourage you to go along to the gym; but it can help you meet new people, improve your confidence, learn new things and give you the satisfaction of knowing you have made a difference.
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The worst advice we’ve ever heard about stress
14
th
December 2017
Category:
Working Carers
Stress can hit us at different times in our life from the deadline of a work presentation to coping with a terminal illness in the family. Stress levels vary but so does the advice that is dished out from colleagues and friends (or the internet). I bet you have heard phrases like ‘just stop worrying’ but you can’t just switch off your mind and thoughts, in fact supressing your thoughts makes it worse.
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Carers Champions
30
th
November 2017
Category:
Working Carers
Many of you may have seen the articles in the press recently saying that we have been out and about visiting local business and training carers champions. You may be the thinking "What on earth is a carers champion?" The first time I heard this term all I could picture was someone in a cape fighting villains and protecting carers in the local areas.
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Championing Carers
23
rd
November 2017
Category:
General
Friday 24th November 2017 is Carers Rights Day Each year Carers Rights Day is organised by national charity Carers UK. The aim of the day is to bring organisations together to help carers in their local community know their rights and find out how to get the help and support they are entitled to.
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Questions to ask a home care agency
23
rd
November 2017
Category:
Working Carers
If you have never experienced home care agency staff or the world of social care is new; it can be overwhelming. It might be that you are seeking privately funded support or you know you have a visit from a care manager from the agency which has been set up as the care provider through Adult Social Care.
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Silver Anniversary Concert
17
th
November 2017
Category:
General
Do you fancy an evening of music and merriment? Why not join us at the United Reform Church in Cockermouth on Thursday 23rd November. Help us to round off our Silver Anniversary year with a special concert featuring Flimby Male Voice Choir and Whitehaven Brass Band.
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Carers Rights Day
16
th
November 2017
Category:
Working Carers
Carers Rights day is on Friday 24th 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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Top 10 Christmas Saving Tips
10
th
November 2017
Category:
Working Carers
The Christmas adverts are appearing on the television, chocolate selection boxes are stacked by the supermarket doors so this means Christmas is around the corner. For some of you, the presents are already wrapped and hidden but for others the thought of spending for the one-day is sending shivers down your back.
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Special Treat for Silver Couple
9
th
November 2017
Category:
General
When Iain Tripney met Jane Glasspool on a blind date at The Golf Hotel in Silloth in 1990 they had no idea they would be returning to celebrate their Silver Wedding Anniversary in 2017 We were delighted when, as part of our Silver Anniversary celebrations, carer Jane Tripney let us know she and her husband were celebrating the same milestone this year.
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The importance of meeting other carers
2
nd
November 2017
Category:
Working Carers
Today we are going to be talking about meeting other carers as well as an opportunity to attend our Christmas Lunch in December. As a working carer it can feel like you are the only one you know who is a carer. To be honest time is limited and spinning the plates can get tiring.
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Asking for Help
27
th
October 2017
Category:
Working Carers
For many people asking for help can be the biggest step they have to face. To call a number or to tell someone that you are struggling to spin all the plates all at the same time. The first step with asking for help is: self-acceptance. You have to be honest with yourself.
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