Skip For Carers: Join The Movement Supporting Our Frontline Heroes
This Summer, Dominion Consultancy Group and Black Women in Care is calling on communities across the UK to grab their skipping ropes and skip for a powerful cause.
”Skip for Carers” is not just a challenge, it’s a nationwide movement designed to support the health, wellbeing, and cost of living of over 100 care workers, both paid and unpaid. Your participation is crucial in honouring those who give their all to care for others, often with little recognition or reward.
Carers, whether paid or unpaid, endure physical strain from being on their feet all day, providing care and support to individuals and families. This often leads to a myriad of personal limitations, health complications, and uncomfortable effects, including issues like:
• Leg cramp
• Financial strain
• Emotional & mental health challenges
• Social Isolation
• Exhaustion and fatigue.
• Backache.
• Plantar fasciitis,
• Unfulfilled goals
• Bunions and corns: and
• Excess pressure on the joints
If you would like to be a part of the Black Women in Care one-million-skips-for-carers challenge, complete the form here:
https://tinyurl.com/szx2b658
or please visit: www.skipforcarers.org or email: info@skippforcarers.org and share within your network.
Why you should join:
From assisting with grooming and getting dressed to grocery shopping with their allergy in mind, preparing and serving meals at the right time considering patient preference, giving mental and emotional care to supporting patients to their favourite café for coffee or beloved park some fresh air, and making suggestions to family members and healthcare staffs on the care plan ideas, caring for others can be very fulfilling, although it can as well be very demanding; mentally, physically, and emotionally. It involves a deep level of dedication that makes it more than just a job – it is a profession.
One main issue for carers (paid/unpaid) is the fact that they are either standing all day or walking from one home to the other in order to provide adequate care for service users in their own home, or putting their life on hold taking care fo their loved ones causing a myriad of health complications and uncomfortable effects, including issues like:
The campaign will run from Tuesday, July 1, to Saturday, July 5. Participants are encouraged to either skip or walk in solidarity with carers—doing 100 skips a day or walking 10,000 steps daily for up to ten days. The goal is to do #onemillionskipsforcarers and raise £10,000, with all proceeds going toward supporting care professionals and their families through financial relief, wellness packages, and other forms of support.
What makes this event powerful is its accessibility and inclusiveness.
Everyone is welcome to join—whether you’re a carer or simply a supporter. Participants can participate as individuals, in teams, or with children, making it a family-friendly initiative that builds awareness while promoting health and community spirit.
We will send you a FREE skipping rope for those who wish to make the most of the experience. However, there is an optional donation towards the cause for a participation pack available. It includes a branded T-shirt, water bottle, hand bands, and skipping rope—a physical reminder of the mission behind every step and skip.
The event is part of a growing movement led by Dominion Consultancy Group, an organisation committed to providing excellent training for those who care, and Black Women in Care (BWIC), a group committed to elevating the voices, value, and visibility of care workers in the UK care system. Using the hashtags #oneMillionskipsforcarers #SkipforCarers, #blackWomeninCare, and the campaign is already generating social media buzz as people prepare their fundraising links, group sign-ups, and skipping challenges.
For more information, to join the challenge, or to support the cause, contact: support@dominionconsultancy.com or info@blackwomenincare.com, or info@skipforcarers.org. visit www.blackwomenincare.com.
