News, Events & Achievements
1st February is Dignity Action Day! And to raise awareness of the importance of dignity in care, Creative Support are holding with four whole weeks of events and activities all over the country, during our very own Dignity Month: • In London, Bedfordshire, Leeds and Tameside, projects are holding conferences, presentations and workshops to encourage [...]
The Flex Dance Company is a group of nine performers, all with learning disabilities, who come together to create original and creative works. On 28th January they are showcasing their first full length routine ‘Shake The Tree’ at Dance City in Newcastle Upon Tyne. The show tells the story of George, a young man with [...]
Would you like to exhibit your art at a special show in Salford? Well now’s your chance. On 19th March, So Many Words theatre company are hosting a special event called ‘On a Starry Night We Met’, celebrating disability arts at the Lowry Studio Theatre. The group are seeking contributors to take part in the [...]
Blitz is an organisation which provides funding to enable people living with a disability to take a subsidised holiday by the seaside in Blackpool or St Anne’s. Accommodation is offered in Bond Hotels, which are fully accessible and offer a range of facilities to cater to guests’ needs. Bond Hotel Group owner Shaun Atkinson says: [...]
The My Life Mental Health Football League, funded by Creative Support and organised in partnership with Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, recently held a presentation ceremony to honour their top teams and players of 2011. The event took place on January 12th in the Legends Lounge at Ewood Park stadium, and trophies were handed out by [...]
This weekend, Chinese people across the globe will be bidding farewell to the Year of the Rabbit and ushering in the Year of the Dragon. Their calendar is based upon lunar cycles. Celebrations are set to begin with New Year’s Eve on 22nd January just before the moon reaches its darkest phase, and continue until [...]
The first session of Creative Support’s new film making group is set to take place next Thursday, 19th January, at Head Office. This introductory meeting will give group members a chance to get to know each other, talk about their favourite films, view movie clips and take part in a fun cinema quiz. For more [...]
Creative Support’s Dignity Action Month is coming soon in February. To mark the occasion we’ll be providing Community Involvement Grants of up to £200 to enable projects to get involved by organising events such as conferences, workshops, consultations and fundraisers, as well as encouraging people to sign up to the Department of Health’s ‘Dignity Champion’ initiative, [...]
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust and Creative Support would like to thank all the teams that took part in the Mental Health Football League 2011 and look forward to the New Year ahead. The league, funded by Creative Support for the next three years, will recommence this month with each competition running for six months. The [...]
To celebrate the arrival of the new year, Creative Support’s 2012 calendar is now available. The calendar is ideal for brightening up your wall and keeping track of all those important anniversaries, birthdays, plans and events in the coming months. Inside are twelve fantastic pieces of artwork created by our service users, which were chosen [...]
The festive season is in full swing, New Year is just around the corner, and Creative Support would like to wish all service users, staff, partners and stakeholders a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2012. Throughout December we have held regional parties for service users nationwide. See below for a selection of [...]
On Tuesday 6th December Creative Support took part in the ‘16 Days of Action’ campaign against domestic abuse by holding an awareness raising conference for our women’s projects at the GMCVO in South Manchester. There were a number of presentations and and workshops on different themes and participants were able to share their personal experiences [...]
Creative Support service users from projects in Greater Manchester got together on Wednesday 7th December to celebrate the festive season with a fantastic party at the Frog and Bucket comedy club. Everyone tucked into a delicious feast of stew, Christmas pudding and mince pies, and the entertainment included a quiz, raffle giveaways and a disco. [...]
The festive season has arrived and staff and service users across the country are looking forward to coming together to celebrate! Creative Support is holding regional parties for our service users throughout December. If you have not had details of the party for your area, ask your support staff for more information. As well as [...]
December 1st is World Aids Day and we are wearing our red ribbons to show our support and to make a contribution to the fight to find a cure. This is important for us all as more than 90,000 people in the UK are living with HIV and globally the number of peope is estimated [...]
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign which takes place annually in November and December, with the aim of raising awareness about gender based violence as a human rights issue and calling for the elimination of all forms of violence against women. This year, Creative Support is backing the campaign [...]
Back in October, as part of their celebrations for World Mental Health Day, Creative Support’s North Lincs projects released helium balloons into the skies above Scunthorpe. Each one carried a message from a service user and contact details for the finder of the balloon to get in touch and tell us how far it had [...]
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a successful career in the music business then we have some exciting news for you! Music Industry Learning is hosting a series of free three day masterclasses for residents of Salford. This is your opportunity to learn from the experts about topics including songwriting, performing, starting a band, and putting [...]
Creative Support projects took part in fundraising activities as part of this year’s BBC Children In Need campaign. Residents at Belle Vue Grove in Middlesbrough invited staff and friends from nearby projects to join in the fun at their pyjama party (pictured left). Everybody wore their comfiest nightclothes, baked cakes, and sold raffle tickets. The [...]
Do you want to improve your fitness, raise funds for charity, and have some festive fun? Then why not take part in one of the many Santa Dash events taking place across the UK in the run up to Christmas? The aim is to run, jog or walk a short course dressed in Santa’s traditional [...]
