Each year, Young Carers’ Awareness Day (YCAD) is held to raise public awareness of the challenges faced by young people because of their caring role. This year the theme is ‘Count Me In!’. National charity, Carers Trust, of which Blackpool Carers is a network partner, is calling on compulsory education providers to do more to […]
Awareness Raising
Special Guest, Rocco, lights up Devonshire Road this Christmas
Rocco was out and about last night (Tuesday 3rd December) and had a wonderful time. He was thrilled to be invited to switch on the Devonshire Road Christmas lights. Thank you to everyone who attended the switch on and helped to raise funds for Blackpool Carers. Special thank yous to Councillors Danny and Michele Scott […]
Carer and volunteer wins Lancashire Evening Post Health Heroes Award – congratulations Bev, you’re a real superstar!
Bev, one of our amazing volunteers, was nominated for the Lancashire Evening Post Carer of the Year Award by Adult Carers’ Support Worker, Carla. She was shortlisted as one of the 3 finalists and invited to attend the prestigious Awards Ceremony on Thursday 26th September at the Villa in Wrea Green, where the winners were announced. […]
A Towering Grand Depart – give our cyclists an amazing Blackpool send-off as they begin their 500-mile Tower to Tower bike ride on 23rd September
Never mind the Tour de France or even the Tour of Britain, a team of 26 intrepid cyclists from across the North West are combining both tours into their very own Tower to Tower Challenge to raise funds for local Blackpool Charity, Blackpool Carers. Cycling 500 miles from the iconic Blackpool Tower to its inspiration, […]
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 […]
Blackpool Carers are ‘Lucky, Lucky, Lucky’ – we are thrilled to be the Charity Partner for Kylie night at Lytham Festival 2019
Charities across the North West will benefit from Lancashire’s biggest music festival this summer. Lytham Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and up to 100,000 people are expected to visit the annual musical extravaganza from Wednesday July 10 to Sunday July 14. And five charities from across the region will be represented at […]
Corporates come together to care about carers
Our first Caring Corporates Event, held here at Beaverbrooks House on 21st March, saw business bosses from Blackpool come together to find out more about the work that we do, how they can support us and, most importantly, how we can support carers within their workforces. Did you know that 1 in 8 workers have […]
Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden spoke in Westminster yesterday and highlighted work done by Blackpool Carers. Watch the debate here…
Last year the charity based at Beaverbrooks House supported 666 young carers. Two of these, Catlin and Claire met with Gordon last autumn to chat about how they balanced their caring responsibilities with their education. 48% of all the young carers the charity supported in 2018 were caring for a parent because of substance misuse […]
Young Carers become the main headline at the Boing Boing Resilience Forum
A fantastic afternoon for our Former Young Carers Champion, Tara Bragg, and Head of Services, Faye Atherton, presenting at the Boing Boing Resilience Forum in Blackpool on Thursday. Raising awareness of young carers, their families and the support that is available to them. Lots of great questions, discussions and even a bit of creativity from […]
Rain didn’t stop play at our Carers Week Garden party – we raised £1,100 to help make a better life for carers!
The inclement weather, didn’t dampen the spirits of visitors to our Carers Week Garden Party on Saturday 16th June at Beaverbrooks House. Many of the stalls and entertainment were moved indoors but the BBQ, very kindly run by Spire Fylde Coast Hospital, was a very welcome port of call at the bottom of the garden, […]
