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Teesside care homes gather for Macmillan Coffee Morning

Dozens of residents and staff members from Mandale House Care Home, in Thornaby, Ingleby Care Home, in Ingleby Barwick, and Hazelgrove Court Care Home, in…

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Get involved: Meals on Wheels Week 2026 takes place 2-6 November

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is urging the whole country to get behind Meals on Wheels Week 2026 and help celebrate this valuable…

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Leading Sports Figures Unite to Raise Over £300,000 in Aid of Alzheimer’s Society

Monday 28 September, saw leading figures from the world of sport take on a unique endurance challenge at the home of cricket in support of…

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Burnham to Scrap Pensions Triple lock to Fund Free National Care Service

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will pay for a new national care service by ending the state pension “triple lock”. Addressing Labour’s annual…

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Thorn Springs Resident Gets Back in the Saddle to Raise £479 for Alzheimer’s Society

A resident at Thorn Springs Care Home in Houghton Regis has returned to his cycling roots in a fundraising challenge, raising £479 for Alzheimer’s Society….

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Derbyshire Care Home Resident Recognised for Raising More Than £27,000 for Ashgate Hospice

A resident at Dale Brook care home in Clay Cross has been honoured by Ashgate Hospice for her remarkable fundraising efforts over more than two decades, raising an incredible £27,808.85.

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Care Home Video Conversations Soar 478% as Charity Tackles Loneliness

A UK charity connecting care home residents with volunteers has recorded a 478% year-on-year increase in the amount of time spent on video calls, as…

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Care Home Chef Runs Half Marathon for Charity – Just Months After Breaking Ankle

A chef who works at a dementia nursing home has recently completed a half marathon, raising £345 for Alzheimer’s Society, despite having broken her ankle just months before the Okehampton Steam Challenge was due to take place.

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Charities Call for “Cancer-Style Revolution” in Dementia Care

Dementia care has been branded as “stuck in the 20th century” in a new report calling for a transformation on the scale of the progress…

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