We took part in a video produced by In2Care Kirklees that focuses on Domiciliary Care Recruitment and highlights how domiciliary care workers help people to live independently in their own homes. Two of our brilliant carers, Isaac and David, are featured. In2Care is part of Kirklees Council – they work …
We had a brilliant (or is that ‘quacking’?) day at the recent Slaithwaite Duck Race! Here are some photos from the day – it was great to meet so many people AND to be able to raise funds (£58) through our fishing game for the 33rd Slaithwaite Scout Group. The …
To celebrate our first year of supporting user members with home care services in the Colne Valley, we made a short film showing ‘behind the scenes’ in our ever-busy office. Danielle, our brilliant Registered Manager, tells us what the first year has achieved, for both the organisation and the community …
It was ME Awareness Week recently and we wanted to share some thoughts on the back of that and because we support user members who live with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). ME awareness week saw it’s 30th anniversary and its more important than ever to raise awareness: the …
It’s Dementia Action week this week (16th to 22nd May), a great initiative from Alzheimer’s Society and one that we wanted to support with this post and updates on social media by sharing their materials (please see below). Supporting those living with dementia Here at Co-operative Care Colne Valley, we …
We had such a lively & lovely day this week running our ‘Celebrating Co-operative Care in Colne Valley’ day. We want to thank everyone who joined us and contributed to stimulating discussions. We all really enjoyed meeting everyone and have come away with a lot of exciting feedback and ideas …
We’re excited to announce two forthcoming events! Celebrating Co-operative Care in Colne Valley is a mix of – A day-long series of talks and events on Saturday 14th May. You can drop in anytime between 10.00 am and 3.00pm and stay for one or more sessions/talks or just come along …
Last week saw us take part in Kirklees College’s Employability Week activities via the Market Place careers fair. We met some great young people interested in what our organisation was about and what’s entailed in being a carer. We supported the event as we think the college does a great …
We recently supported Dignity in Care‘s 2022 campaign theme of “PUT UNDIGNIFIED CARE TO BED – Donate & Wear Red”. We asked our user members, families involved and team to wear something red and send us photos, for us to add to the Dignity Tree in our office. We visited …
Danielle, our Registered Manager sat down recently with one of our wonderful volunteers, Ashlee, to find out a bit more about her and to get her thoughts on volunteering with us. Danielle: Ashlee, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. How long have you been part of Cooperative …