Leading care home meals provider, apetito, has made donations of over £40,000 to charities working with some of those most affected by COVID over Christmas.
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A Mental Health Support Programme has been launched by The Care Workers’ Charity in response to the mental ill-health crisis faced by the social care workforce. The initiative comes as care workers struggle with insomnia,
Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Dame Harriet Walter are backing Alzheimer’s Research UK’s calls on the government to deliver on its election promise to double investment in dementia research.
Askham Village Community is partnering with The Care Workers’ Charity to support those impacted by COVID-19.
The UK’s only safer ageing charity, Hourglass, has warned of winter isolation and rising elder abuse in the run-up to Christmas.
The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC), National Care Forum (NCF) and social thanking platform, Thank And Praise (TAP), have teamed up on a new campaign to support the nation’s care staff.
Leading provider of digital care systems, Person Centred Software, has donated almost £20,000 to good causes in the last 12 months.
Mental Health Grants are being introduced by The Care Workers Charity to help social care workers cope with workplace stress that has been exacerbated by COVID-19.
Leading care provider Orchard Care Homes has signed up to The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) Going the Extra Mile campaign.
Care workers and their friends and families are being asked to ‘go the extra mile’ to raise funds for charity.
