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 […]
Fundraising
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 […]
Our Tower to Tower Cycle Ride in September is gaining momentum and picking up press coverage!
The Blackpool Gazette featured Oliver Maughan’s Cyclathon with police cadets earlier in the year, and his Afternoon Tea on Mother’s Day at Beaverbrooks House was backed by coverage on regional online business, health and charity magazines, Entirely North West. CLICK HERE to read the article. This Sunday’s (19th June) Beer and Bacon Music Festival, organised […]
Blackpool Carers’ cracking good Easter Fair raises over £300…what an ‘egg-cellent’ result for carers!
It was chocs away for those good eggs at Blackpool Carers with a cracker of an Easter fair raising more than £300 towards support services for the resort’s unpaid carers of all ages. The event was organised by volunteers Rachel Lambert and Andrea Smith. Well done Ladies what a fantastic effort. Up to 100 visitors […]
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 […]
