 What's On in February:
What's on in February...  Coming Up This Month... There are limited spaces still available on our clocking making activity. If you are interested in designing and making your own clock, join us at Haslingden Library on Wednesday 11th February, 10am till 12:30pm. To register for our clock making activity, contact us via our email [email protected] to book your place. The cost of the ticket is only £3 per person, and all materials are provided.  This month we also have a fun Crazy Golf activity available. If you'd like to book a place you can contact us via email [email protected]. We have transport in our minibus available with pickups from Colne, Burnley and Accrington. Tickets are only £5 per person! Book your place quickly so you don't miss out.  Half term is just around the corner and if you're looking for activities to keep young people you care for entertained, contact us for a unique code to receive 35% off cinema tickets at the following cinemas:
The code can be used for The Cinema Society website and there are no restrictions on the days it can be used. If you'd like to receive your code you will need to be registered with us as an unpaid carer, and will need to email our team via [email protected]  Our charity shops are looking for donations! If you haven't visited one of our charity shops already, we have three fantastic shops that are filled with clothes, books, homeware and more. Shopping in one of our charity shops not only supports our work with unpaid carers across East Lancashire and also helps to develop a circular economy, reusing and repurposing items instead of throwing them away. If having a clear-out was part of your new years resolution, we can accept donations at:
 We have a new support group for carers of adults with mental health needs. We will be working in partnership with the Carers Service, Mental Health Liaison Team, and the LSCFT Carer experience lead to provide support and advice. The sessions will be held on the first Friday of each month, with the first session talking place on Friday 6th February from 2pm till 4pm, at the MUAC building at Blackburn hospital, which is across from the A&E entrance.  Our next Understanding Dementia Course will be held on Friday 13th February, 10:30am till 3pm at The Chai Centre in Burnley. If you haven't heard about our Understanding Dementia course yet, it's a fantastic opportunity to develop skills and confidence to support you in your caring role. During the free one day course you'll also have the opportunity to meet other carers and share your experiences and offer peer support. To book your free place contact us via email [email protected] If you can't make any of the course dates on the poster below, we'll be releasing more dates in our upcoming Spring / Summer Carers Link magazine.  What we've been up to in January... After the success of our last pamper day, our Participation & Engagement Team organised more pamper days for carers to attend at Accrington & Rossendale College and Nelson & Colne College. Carers who attended the sessions were treated to a relaxing few hours and left with lovely new hairstyles. Thank you to the talented college students who shared their skills with us. Our ASD Support Officer, Laura, organised a lovely outing to Mitton Hall for afternoon tea. If you haven't visited already, Mitton Hall is a beautiful country house on the banks of the river Ribble. The event was for carers of someone with ASD, and included transport on the minibus, driven by our very own Participation and Engagement Officer, Angela. As you can see by the photos below, Mitton Hall is a luxurious setting for afternoon tea, which consisted of dainty finger sandwiches and delicious cakes, and was enjoyed by all attending. We received this lovely feedback, "Thanks so much for organising the afternoon tea..it was a really lovely event. I'd love to come to more events". January felt like a very long month, so to banish those January blues we invited customers to our Accrington shop and café to join us for a free cup of tea and to try some mindful colouring. Mindful Colouring offers numerous benefits including helping people to relax, improve their concentration, and reduce anxiety. The event helped to bring people together on a cold wintery day and we definitely have some new fans of mindful colouring! Our ASD Officer facilitated a fantastic Cygnet training session at our office in Accrington. The course has been designed by Barnardo's, is for 6 weeks, and helps parents and carers by providing a supportive environment, and a chance to meet other carers experiencing similar challenges. A previous attendee provided the following feedback after attending the course: "Very beneficial, helped to know I'm not alone with this journey. If you are a carer for somebody with ASD and you're interested in attending this informative course, keep an eye out for new course dates being released soon. Angela was out in our minibus this month collecting donations for our charity shops. Staff from Pendle West PCN and BPRCVS kindly donated items they no longer had any need for. Our minibus was full of wonderful items which will now be on sale at our charity shops. If your workplace would like to send us a donation of items get in touch and we can organise a collection.  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.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
February 2026
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed