Caritas Care

Five days to our ‘Find 40’ Campaign

2013-05-16T12:50:04+00:00

Caritas Care aims to ‘Find 40’ new adoptive couples or single people who are willing to adopt children waiting for families. Our two week road show kicks off in Carlisle City Centre on Tuesday 28 May featuring free spring craft workshops, seed planting and face painting. The team will travel across Cumbria, Lancashire and Manchester before arriving in Bury on Saturday 8 June for the final event. Caritas Adoption…

Fostering Fortnight 13 - 26 May 2013

2013-05-16T12:43:55+00:00

It is estimated that more than 9,000 foster carers are needed this year alone to provide supportive and caring homes for children unable to live with their birth families. Caritas Care are looking to recruit foster carers who have “that little bit extra” to provide placements for those children and young people who are experiencing personal challenges and difficulties which impact on all aspects of their daily life. …

Support for hearing loss in Cumbria

2013-05-16T10:37:24+00:00

Deaf Awareness Week has prompted North West charity Caritas Care to reach out to the one-in-seven people in Cumbria suffering from hearing loss and urge them to seek help. Bridging the Gap, run by North West charity Caritas Care, is inviting anyone affected by hearing loss to join them at the charity’s HEAR (Hearing Equipment Advisory Resource) Centre, on Chapel Court in Carlisle for free equipment demonstrations and…

Caritas Care visit Liverpool

2013-04-22T08:36:44+00:00

Caritas Care Disability Services enjoyed a day trip to Liverpool recently. Many chose to take advantage of the variety shops for a bit of retail therapy. They soaked up the hustle and bustle of the city centre and visited big name shops like Harvey Nichols. Once they were all shopped out a group went across to Albert Dock. It was great soaking up the history of the…

Caritas Care support ‘Changing Places’ for Preston City Centre

2013-04-11T17:08:00+00:00

Caritas Care has appealed to Preston City Council to provide enhanced disabled toilet facilities in the city centre for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The charity is also backing efforts by the Changing Places community group…

Welcome news for Foster Carers - Housing Benefit U Turn

2013-03-22T14:21:04+00:00

Last minute changes to housing benefit reforms to meet the needs of foster carers have been welcomed by Preston-based foster care provider, Caritas Care. The change means that foster carers in private or social housing will be exempt from the threatened ‘bedroom tax’ housing benefit cut from 1 April. Caritas Care Chief Executive Jim Cullen comments: “This partial U-turn on the tax on under-occupancy is a great…

Adoption Service Information Events

2013-03-21T13:59:41+00:00

Our adoption teams hold regular information sessions throughout the North West in Lancashire (Preston), Manchester (Sale) and Cumbria (Barrow and Carlisle). Our information sessions provide an opportunity for you to learn more about adoption and to meet and talk with members of our adoption teams. The sessions are informal and everyone is welcome. So, if you want to learn more about adoption do come along and join us…

React’s Got Talent

2013-03-05T16:07:46+00:00

Central Lancashire Annual Provider Celebration Event 1st March 2013 The Central Lancashire Commissioning Team held their 2nd Annual Provider Celebration event on the 1st March 2013 at the Gujarat Centre, Preston. The event marks good practice within social care provider services in Central Lancashire and features the ‘Central Lancashire’s Got Talent’ Awards ceremony. Caritas Care’s React Project won three awards: Highly commended in the Partnerships…

Information Event on 5 March 2013 - Manchester’s adopted children celebrate first Mother’s Day

2013-03-05T13:56:35+00:00

The charity is hosting a special Mother’s Day information event on Tuesday 5 March, 5:30pm, at Hale Library on Leigh Road. Social workers will be on hand to provide an insight into the adoption process and to help dispel the myths surrounding adoption. Children throughout Greater Manchester are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with their new families this year, thanks to Caritas Care. The Sale-based adoption agency…

Annual Review 2012

2013-03-04T15:17:24+00:00

Caritas Care Annual Review 2012.