It’s been a wild and exciting week, both here at Beaverbrooks House and out on the road with BBC Children in Need! We’re having a little trouble keeping up ourselves so we thought we’d put all of the clips and videos in one place that’s easy to find. Starting with Marco and Bonita on the […]
The latest issue of Caring Times is available to DOWNLOAD NOW! Full of information, support, true stories and forthcoming events!
Click the image to download our biggest ever, 32 page November issue of Caring Times magazine! If you would like to support future editions of Caring Times by including an advertisement or advertorial, please CLICK HERE for further information or contact Kay Soper on 01253 393748 or email: kay.soper@blackpoolcarers.org
Video of Pudsey Party on North West Tonight!
Such an exciting evening! On Wednesday we hosted a Pudsey Party for Children in Need! We were joined by Diane Oxberry and Stuart Flinders of BBC North West Tonight who were completing their Plod for Pudsey around the coast. They had a chat to some of our young carers, as well as our very own Faye […]
Respite Team on the Rickshaw! For Pudsey’s Power to the Tower!
This morning our intrepid respite workers Sam Kirkbride and Andy Gunn joined Graham Liver on his Power to the Tower for Children in Need. It looks like they’ve even managed to avoid pedalling!
BBC North West Tonight filming live from Beaverbrooks House on Wednesday 14 November – don’t miss us!
Tomorrow is an exciting day, as some our staff and young carers will be all over the airwaves. We get started in the morning on BBC Radio Lancashire, when our Respite Team join Graham Liver and Sally Naden on their Pudsey Bikes on the “Power to the Tower”. Later in the day Diane Oxberry and […]
Fill in our Carers’ Questionnaire to make sure your voice is heard
Our service is designed simply to make a better life for carers. One of the ways we make sure is by asking carers to share their voice with us and keep us up to date. We’re asking how your caring role affects your lives, what we’re doing well and how we could do better. Here […]
Tower To Tower Cycle Ride – Q&A 13th October
Blackpool Carers Centre are looking for some amazing fundraisers and supporters to take part in our Tower to Tower cycle challenge in September 2019. The event will be fully managed by organisers Chapeau Events Ltd Q & A Information Event Saturday 13th October Beaverbrooks House 12.00 noon-2.00pm We will be holding a Q & A […]
Carer’s Rights Day and AGM
Carers Rights Day is held each year to let carers know their rights and find out how to get the help and support they are entitled to. The programme this year will include our AGM, Carers’ Question & Answer Panel and lots of information for carers, together with refreshments and a buffet lunch. Call Julie […]
Latest research from Nottingham University and BBC shows that 1 in 5 children aged 11 to 16 have a caring role – Blackpool young carer’s family featured on BBC!
Blackpool Carers Centre is delighted to be working with the BBC and Carers Trust to highlight an important story based on research by Nottingham University and the BBC, that 1 in 5 young people between the ages of 11 and 16 has a caring role. The BBC news article below, shown on 13 September 2018, […]
Back by popular demand – A fundraising Psychic Night with the amazing Marilyn on Thursday 11th October – This is always a sell-out event so book today!
An evening of psychic entertainment from the ever popular Marilyn. Tickets only £10 and include pie and peas supper, tea, coffee or juice. All proceeds to Blackpool Carers Centre. Call Julie S on 01253 393748 to book tickets.