News, Events & Achievements
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 [...]
On Saturday 26th November, FareShare’s ‘1 Million Meal Appeal’ will take place in 604 of Sainsburys’ stores and opportunities are available across the country for volunteers to support the campaign. Participants will greet customers, give them the ‘FareShare shopping list’ of food items, and encourage them to get involved by buying an item of food [...]
PRESS RELEASE from Blackburn Rovers Community Trust: Mental Health Football League Blackburn Rovers Community Trust is delighted to announce that Creative Support have agreed to fund the current My Life Mental Health Football League. The funding enables the continuation of the league for a further three years. It also allows opportunities for participants and volunteers [...]
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we held a fundraising day at Creative Support’s Head Office in Manchester. On Friday October 28th, staff wore pink outfits, baked and bought pink cakes, and decorated the offices with pink balloons and garlands. A total of £273.65 was raised for Against Breast Cancer.
Breakthrough got into the Halloween spirit a few days early at their spooky party on Friday night. Take a look at the ghoulish fancy dress photo gallery below.
Creative Support is launching a new film making ‘how to’ group for service users. The first meeting will take place at Head Office on 1st December 2011. For details of how to get involved see the film making group poster.
