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As we come to the close of 2021, we want to take this time to reflect on the past year and talk about everything we’ve achieved over the last twelve months. This year has been a challenging one as we’ve all worked hard to get back to normal life, but…
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Ho, ho, ho the most wonderful time of the year is now upon us! To celebrate Christmas this year, we would love to invite you to share pictures of Christmas at your service to be a part of our Creative Support advent calendar on social media. Are you hanging your…
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This year’s internal grants programme was the ‘Green Grant’, giving out 5 ‘Green Your Service’ grants of up to £1,000 to help services transform their outdoor spaces, and to improve the wellbeing of staff and tenants. We chatted with some of the services who received this grant about how they…
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Join us in December for our Christmas Dorman's Disco! The event will be held on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 7-9pm at Dorman Long United Athletic Club, Oxford Road, Linthorpe, TS5 5DT. Register for tickets through the link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dormans-disco-christmas-party-tickets-203919728397 Payment is taken at the door. Tickets are £3, carers are…
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Creative Voices is a national service user forum - join us for our next meeting. The forum is about the organisation listening to you about your ideas and thoughts for Creative Support. We hope to welcome more involvement in our wonderful 30 year old company. Please join us on Zoom…
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Article written by the Customer Care Team One of the key ways we work here at Creative Support is ensuring everyone knows and acts on their duty of care. Our staff should feel empowered to act upon their duty of care in a ‘no blame’ culture without fear of reprisal.…
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From the LGBTQ+ Network (Throughout we will use the term trans to encompass all trans identities under the umbrella, including non-binary, and genderqueer, which is usually marked with an asterisk) There are lots of fantastic organisations doing brilliant work to support trans people and raise awareness of issues trans people…
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As part of National Safeguarding Adults Week, we're sharing information to help protect yourself and people who are vulnerable. Protecting your money and your information online has never been so important. The pandemic has given lots of fraudsters opportunities to target people in new ways, so being aware of potential…
Posted 2 years ago / By Creative Support
This post comes from the LGBTQ+ Network. Throughout we will use the term ‘trans’ to encompass all trans identities under the umbrella, including non-binary and genderqueer, which is usually marked with an asterisk. What is trans healthcare? Trans healthcare refers to a wide range of treatments, which can be undertaken by…
Posted 2 years ago / By Creative Support
Whether you’re a new ally to the trans* community, or have trans* friends and family, there is always space to learn more about how to be a better ally to the trans* people in your life. This is not an exhaustive guide to being a good ally, but we hope…
Posted 2 years ago / By Creative Support
This week marks National Safeguarding Adults Week. Over the course of this week, we’ll be sharing information on the ways you can help to safeguard vulnerable adults, as well as the kinds of safeguarding issues to look out for. ‘Safeguarding’ means protecting the health, wellbeing, and human rights of people…
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This week marks Transgender Awareness Week; a time for people to come together and celebrate our trans community. This week is also an opportunity for people to raise awareness of issues and work to become better allies. The LGBTQ+ Network have put together a series of articles on topics including…
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Creative Football and the Social Inclusion Service recently held their ‘Sports for All’ friends and family festival in Blackburn, for the people we support with a learning disability. Over one hundred people and their families were able to join in with the sport and meet their needs in a fun…
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We want to share your stories! As we come to the close of 2021, we want to take this time to reflect on the past year and talk about everything we’ve achieved over the last twelve months. We would like to invite you to get involved and share with us…
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Join us in November for another Dorman's Disco! The event will be held on Tuesday, 23 November 2021 7-9pm at Dorman Long United Athletic Club, Oxford Road, Linthorpe, TS5 5DT. Register for tickets through the link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/november-dormans-disco-tickets-203163305917 Payment is taken at the door. Tickets are £3, carers are FREE. The…
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This month, as part of our Creative Competition, we would like you to design a celebration card, which can be sent to both staff and service users to acknowledge their fantastic achievements! Our Creative Champion will see their design professionally printed, and win a £10 ‘Love2shop’ voucher and a Be…
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As part of Black History Month this October, we sat down with three of our colleagues who shared with us why they are Proud to Be. Victoria, PA, Stockport “My lineage covers not just where I’m from, but where we have been. Both my parents are from Sierra Leone, but…
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Read our 'Ace week' booklet here! This week marks ‘Ace Week’, an international campaign to raise awareness and encourage education about what it means to be asexual, and the identities that fall under the asexual or ‘ace’ umbrella. There are lots of things people might not know about what it…
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We spoke with Chu-Chu, a Project Manager in the North East, about the realities of racism, what difference the Black Lives Matter movement is having, and what she is keen to see come from our Manifesto for Action. “I am a project manager in the North East where I manage…
Posted 3 years ago / By Creative Support
Our Black History Month Newsletter is now available for everybody to read! Our 18-page booklet is packed full of history, interviews and updates, as well as inspirational and powerful stories from our staff and the people we support. We look at how Black History Month came to be, the impact…