As a local charity, we like to think that we are small but mighty…just like Kylie. With this is mind, being given the opportunity to be a charity partner for the ever-growing and ever-glittering Lytham Festival made our mightiness even more so as we took to the fields of Lytham Green on a balmy July […]
CEO Sign-off
As I sit in the beautiful garden of Beaverbrooks House and reflect on my ten-year journey at the helm of Blackpool Carers, my thoughts immediately turn to the key milestones that have defined the most challenging and yet rewarding years of my life. Those milestones include the development of whole family working; national recognition for […]
Latest edition of our magazine, Caring Times is available to download NOW!
The July issue of Caring Times is now available to download. This issue features service updates, news, true stories, What’s On Guide and special features on our new Sensory Room and Gardening project…Happy Reading! Click the image below to download.
The team that plays together…..well, they achieve great things!
Our team works hard, very hard! We have high expectations here and to be part of it all means that it has to be ‘more than just a job’. Working for a charity means being a Jack of all Trades and, unlike the saying, a Master of many! Each year we challenge our work family […]
Garden Party Gathering
We love a good ‘do’ here at Blackpool Carers, in fact, any excuse and we’re cracking out the bunting! Carers Week gave us lots of reasons to get out and about spreading the words about carers but to end the week there was only one place to be… in our own back garden! Our Garden […]
Making a Splash for Carers!
We have flung ourselves into Carers Week in fine fashion! Our first ever Mini Carefest festival kicked off the week with young carers from around the north west gathering here at Beaverbrooks House to enjoy music, creative activities and mayhem together with Radio Lancashire presenters, Hayley Kay and Steve Royle broadcasting live form the event. […]
Young Carers shone bright at Mini Care Fest – despite the rainy weather!
Saturday 8th June saw our first ever Mini Care Fest. The event took place to mark the start of Carers week with the theme this year being that of inclusion. Several Carers Centre’s from across the north west, including our own young carers and young adult carers, were invited to take part workshops, activities and […]
Our new garden project to turn a piece of waste ground at Beaverbrooks House into a communal garden, is an ‘oasis of calm’ for our carers
A group of our carers are lovingly transforming a patch of old waste ground into a communal garden where they can grow their own vegetables as well as beautiful scented flowers. The project began last year when we were deciding what to do with a small piece of wasteland in our grounds. We soon hit […]
Date for your diaries – Saturday 15 June is our Carers Week Garden Party – FREE Admission for all the family at our ‘All the fun of the fair’ themed event – everyone is welcome!
What better way to round off celebrations for Carers Week (10th-16th June) than in the beautiful gardens at Beaverbrooks House for our annual Garden Party. This year the theme is ‘All the fun of the fair’, with nostalgic funfair sideshows, crafts, plant stalls, games, entertainment galore and a few surprise guests along the way including […]
In Memory of Linda Endicott, a very special Trustee
We remember Linda Endicott (1951-2019) as a dedicated trustee who constantly reminded the Board that Blackpool Carers exists to support carers, and ensured that every conversation, at whatever level, focused on making a better life for carers. Linda was Blackpool Carers’ longest serving trustee and she was instrumental in developing support services for carers in […]
