Young Carers To Benefit As Care Home Walkers Smash Marathon Challenge
Around 30 kindhearted walkers living at a New Forest care home have proved it’s never too late to get active and raise money for a…
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Charities
End Of Life Care Charity Marie Curie Reports That More Than One Person Every Minuet Will Die With Palliative Care Needs
A new report from end of life charity Marie Curie, released today, details the urgent need to improve and grow the support needed for people…
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Care Home Resident’s Charity Bequest Doubled By Executors To £40,000
A pair of friends sorting out the estate of a Dorset care home resident have doubled the amount to be gifted to a children’s charity…
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Charities Call For Of Social Care Funding On NHS 75th Anniversary
An alliance of leading charities is calling on UK political party leaders to give the NHS a properly funded social care system for as it…
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Care Worker Faces Her Fear Of Heights For Charity Skydive
A High Wycombe care worker is preparing to face her fear of heights head-on by jumping from 13,000 feet for charity. Alysia Fontaine is raising…
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Directors Take On Bushtucker Trials For Charity
A group of directors from across the county have taken part in the ultimate challenge to raise money for a charity that supports unpaid carers….
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Care Home Workers Walk 26 Miles To Raise More Than £1000
Two care home workers from Reading set out in the night in their finest ‘Glitz and Glamour’ to complete a 26 mile walk in honour…
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Charity Calls on Government to Increase Funding for End of Life Care
A charity that provides training in end of life care is calling on the Government to make more resources and training available for generalist frontline…
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Alzheimer’s Society Appoints Dame Suzi Leather as Chair
Alzheimer’s Society’s Board of Trustees has announced that Dame Suzi Leather, DBE, will be appointed Chair in September 2023. Suzi brings extensive experience of high-profile…
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‘Thank You for Being a Friend’ by Tony Christie and Friends Launched Today
Thank You for Being a Friend – rerecorded by singing legend Tony Christie and featuring stars such as Sting and Nile Rodgers, has been launched…
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Adopt A Grandparent’ On The Hunt For Care Home Residents To Be ‘Adopted’ In Drive To Combat Loneliness
Award-winning charity, Adopt a Grandparent, is encouraging care home residents across the UK to come forward and get paired with the thousands of willing volunteers…
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‘Anyone with a Learning Disability Should be Able to Live the Best Life Possible’ says Charity CEO
This Learning Disability Week (19-25 June), learning disability charity Hft is hoping to educate others and encourage people to actively challenge misconceptions towards learning disabled…
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Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia And Alzheimer’s Research UK Award £500K To Investigate Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer’s
Today (15 June 2023), Alzheimer’s Research UK, and Race Against Dementia (RAD), a charity founded by Jackie Stewart OBE, have announced their half a million…
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Charity Calls for Dedicated Strategy to Tackle Violence Against Older People
Older persons charity Hourglass is marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by launching a campaign to call for the government to implement a dedicated strategy…
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Intergenerational Charity, Kissing It Better Receives Award At Park View Care Home In Warwick
Park View care home in Warwick welcomed guests and the local community to celebrate healthcare charity, Kissing it Better, for receiving the Queen’s Award for…
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