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 […]
Fundraising
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 […]
Ready, Teddy, Go! Local schoolgirl donated 40 teddies because she wanted to make ‘young carers smile’ at Christmas
Nine-year-old Isla Collier-Baker from St Anne’s on Sea, recently donated over 40 of her unused teddies as gifts for the young carers at the Blackpool Carers. Isla was keen that her beloved teddies that she’d collected over the years, would be loved by children all over the Blackpool area, and so took it upon herself […]
Radio Wave Charity Auction Day in aid of Blackpool Carers today – 28th November! Different Lots on offer every hour…don’t miss out on a fantastic bargain whilst raising funds for local carers.
This year’s Radio Wave Charity Auction Day is being held on Thursday 28th November 2019, with every penny raised being donated to Blackpool Carers. There are some fantastic Lots to bid on during the course of today. We would like to thank everyone who has donated items to support today’s event. Please tune in to […]
Blackpool Carers to benefit from Co-op Local Community Fund – join today and raise funds for us when you buy own brand products!
Blackpool Carers is thrilled to have been chosen for the next round of the Co-op Local Community Fund which runs for 12 months from Sunday 27th October 2019 until 24th October 2020. During the year, every time a member buys selected own-brand products and services, 1% of the money spent goes to local causes so […]
Blackpool Tower to The Eiffel Tower on a bike! 25 amazing cyclists did just that…all in aid of Blackpools’ Carers
They did it! The astonishing team of dedicated and slightly barmy supporters who took on the challenge of a lifetime, cycling 500 miles over 5 days from Blackpool Tower to The Eiffel Tower, arrived safe and sound but extremely weather beaten in Paris on Friday 27th September. Ask any of them and they’d say they’re […]
What a send off for our fantastic Tower to Tower riders on Monday 23rd September from Blackpool’s Comedy Carpet!
You may have heard….. We are privileged to have an astonishing team of dedicated and slightly barmy supporters who are taking on the challenge of a lifetime. Ask any of them and they’d say they’re just ordinary folks….but don’t believe a word of it!! They are EXTRAORDINARY! They have taken on grueling training, taken time […]
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 […]
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 […]
