 YOUR LATEST NEWS FOR CARERS IN EAST LANCASHIRE What's On in August:
 Coming Up Soon... Cohens Chemist will be visiting Carers Link Lancashire in Accrington, on Wednesday 28th October, 10am - 3pm, to hold a drop in 1-1 support session in our information hub around the 5 Rights of Medication, including:
Our Participation & Engagement Team will also be visiting Cohens Chemist, Oswaldtwistle, in October during their Flu & Covid vaccination clinics, and will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about caring and the support Carers Link Lancashire can provide: Saturday 3rd October - 9:30am - 12:30pm Saturday 10th October - 9:30am - 12:30pm  We've updated the Carers Caravan page on our Carers Link Lancashire website to include a new calendar showing the dates our carers caravan is available to book and the prices for those dates. We'll be keeping this page updated as dates are booked. If you're interested in booking a holiday at our caravan in the beautiful Haven Lakeland site, there is also information on the page on how to book your holiday. Carers Link Lancashire/Health and Wellbeing/Carers Caravan  Have you felt a rise in the cost of living? Would you be prepared to share your thoughts and experiences through a survey? In new research which RNIB are conducting around the rising cost of living, we are running a survey to gain the feedback of blind and partially sighted people to inform this work and allow us to speak to decision makers. The survey covers important topics such as heating and energy, food and essentials and the additional costs of having sight loss. The survey should take around 20 minutes to complete, though you can take as long as you need, and answers are optional. To take part in the survey, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XRZH36C The survey closes on the 15 August 2026. We have 2 places available to book on our Curling Trip on Wednesday 9th September. We will be visiting an Olympic sized curling venue in Preston to try the hit sport from the winter Olympics. There will be minibus collection available from either Accrington or Burnley. To book a place simply click this link and complete an online form, you will then be contacted to let you know if you have a place. Tickets are £7 per person Activities, Events and Courses | carers-link-01 No previous experience is needed.  Our ASD offer is changing! Carers Link Lancashire has joined up with Spring North to provide a new service to families across Lancashire. If you have a child between the ages of 0 - 25 years old who you believe to be neurodiverse, then we can provide support and advice. Our Peer support groups are taking a break throughout August and will return in September with a peer support session, a workshop and a 1-1 hub support session. Our upcoming Cygnet course will take place in Clitheroe in September, to book your place click on the link below: To book a place visit our website Cygnet Autism Course | carers-link-01  Lancashire County Council are looking to develop a programme of sessions for unpaid carers. To make sure that the sessions are accessible and relevant they are looking for carers to complete a short online survey to make sure they are included in the planning of the sessions and ensure they are relevant, accessible and focused on what matters to carers. Caring Together in Lancashire – Fill in form For more information about our Carers activities, cafes and courses please call 01254 387444 or email [email protected], [email protected] Contact Us What we've been up to in July.. It was a beautiful day for our carers trip to Haworth, the group enjoyed a walk around the quirky streets, shops, and all that the birthplace of the Bronte's has to offer. In July our Participation and Engagement Team took a group of carers to visit The Good Life Project in Nelson. During the visit, carers were shown around the project and were able to taste different produce grown in their allotment space as part of their Food Safari project.  This month our Young Carers Team visited Space2make in Accrington for a pottery painting session as part of the summer holiday activities programme. The group chose a piece of pottery to decorate, and then enjoyed some tasty refreshments.  Exciting news...we have joined Tik Tok, find us at @carerslinklancashire and give us a follow! We've launched our page with a video of our Young Carers Pottery painting activity. We'd love to hear about the type of content you'd like to see on our new social media channel, so get in touch if you have any suggestions. Charity Shops Have you visited one of our charity shops? We have a fantastic selection of preloved items available to buy including clothing, books, homeware and more. 54-56 Blackburn Road, Accrington, BB5 1LE Deardengate, Haslingden, BB4 5QN 59 Market Street, Colne, BB8 0LL Volunteering Our Volunteer Officer, Niamh, has been out and about this month to promote Carers Link Lancashire Volunteer programme and to advertise the roles we have available at the moment. If you're interested in volunteering with us, or, you know somebody who might be we are looking for people to volunteer for the following roles: Kitchen Assistant & Retail Roles at our Accrington Charity shop & café Retail role at our Colne charity shop. To find out more info visit our website https://www.carerslinklancashire.co.uk/become-a-volunteer-1 or email [email protected]  Fundraising We have a monthly 500 Club Lottery here at Carers Link Lancashire and we now have availability for new people to join. There's a guaranteed three prizes to be won each month, and its only £10 per month to play. All proceeds after the prize money has been deducted, go towards supporting our work with unpaid carers across East Lancashire, providing services and support. If you'd like to find out more information you can email us via [email protected], or, you can register via our application form on our website. Once you have registered to join we will send you a membership pack and your lottery number. One of our winners from our January draw let us know just how much playing our lottery means to her: "It was a lovely surprise winning on the Club 500 lottery with Carers Link. I've been involved with Carers Link for around 12 years now, so it's good to know some of the money I pay monthly goes back into supporting Carers like myself." Play to win and join today!  Comments are closed.
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