Care Home Residents Take On 28 Day Knitting Challenge For Hearing Dogs Charity
Resident knitting enthusiasts of Icknield Court Care Home in Princes Risborough took on a 28 day knitting challenge to raise money for local charity Hearing…
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Charities
Hallmark Foundation and Hourglass Team up to Deliver Safer Ageing for Older People at Risk from Abuse and Neglect
Hallmark Foundation, founded in 2020 with a mission to invest in the future of care to help everyone age well, has formed a partnership with…
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Staff at Andover Nursing Home Extend Care to Ukraine Refugees
Staff at Millway House in Andover are showing that their care goes beyond the doors of their workplace, as they provide vital donations to the…
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Dementia-Arts Collaboration Achieves Awards Success
Where the Arts Belong, a unique arts collaboration between dementia care specialist, Belong, and Liverpool contemporary arts centre, Bluecoat, has won the Creative Arts Award…
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Care Home Residents Show their Support for People at Risk of Homelessness
Funds raised by the residents of a Dorset care home will be used to improve the mental health of people at risk of homelessness. Colten…
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Podcast Celebrates Charity’s New Wellbeing Programme
Veterans’ charity Royal Star & Garter has published its first podcast to mark the launch of its new Wellbeing Programme. The podcast features Director of…
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Care South Supports NorDDiS with £2,500 Award from its Chairman’s 2020 Fund
Care South, a not-for-profit leading provider of residential and care at home services across the south of England, has selected NorDDiS as one of the…
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Construction Begins on HMT Specialist Dementia Care Home in Climping, West Sussex
Healthcare Management Trust, the charity which provides health and social care will be opening a specialist dementia care home in the village of Climping, near…
Read more...New Research shows a “Hidden” Mental Health Crisis is Debilitating Older People
Age UK has urged older friends and relatives to ‘reach out’ for help as restrictions relax and the pandemic loosens its grip, a “hidden” mental…
Read more...Calls to Create a New “Universal Social Care Service
Creating a universal care service could enable over 1.9 million extra people to access publicly funded care services and create almost a million new jobs,…
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People with Care and Support Needs Volunteer at International Football Tournament
One of the North East’s biggest social care providers, Community Integrated Care, has assisted 10 people with support needs to take part in a once…
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Endurance Athlete Takes on 17 Marathons in 17 Days for Dementia Research
Louis Alexander will run 17 marathons in 17 days to raise thousands of pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK marking the 17 years his grandfather lived…
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Reduction in Psychiatric Beds Associated with Rise in Prison numbers
A 90% decrease in the number of NHS psychiatric beds is linked to a trebling of the total prison population, new research has revealed. Scientists…
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Ayrshire Care Home Staff Buy Presents for More than 40 Vulnerable Children
STAFF from a Kilmarnock-based care home are organising a ‘Toy Drive’ which will see more than 40 local children get Christmas presents they would otherwise not have.
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C&C At 95: “Move For Care” Fundraising Initiative Launched To Provide Sensory Gardens In Care Homes
With 2021 marking 95 years since a public meeting chaired by Ada Chesterton helped raise £5,000 to launch predecessor company Cecil Houses, Central and Cecil Housing Trust (C&C)
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