You can now enter this year’s Art Competition to be featured in our 2024 Creative Support Calendar and receive a special We Care hoodie. This competition is open for both service users and staff. Our panel of judges will choose 12 winning entries, one to represent each month, and we love…
As you will be aware this year we launched We Care. We Care sets out the values and ethos that underpins everything we do at Creative Support. It’s what makes us and our services special. With that in mind we are ready to relaunch our new staff awards, replacing the ever…
Our local areas are treasure troves of interesting and meaningful places that help us to enjoy our community. With new shops, beautiful parks, and fun events or community groups, the possibilities on your doorstep are endless. This month, we want to encourage you to get out and feel great! Beyond…
As part of Get on Growing month, we want to encourage you to grow your own and embrace green spaces! Check out everything else we're doing this month here. If you’re not a frequent garden centre goer, you might think there’s not much to buy other than plants and garden…
The cost of living crisis continues to impact on people across the UK. Recent changes to rules around energy bills, which came into force on 1st April, mean that costs are set to climb once again. Although many of us can take steps to limit energy costs due to the changing…
Congratulations to our latest round of Creative Stars winners! Our brand new service user awards celebrate the people who shine brightly and do wonderful things for each other. We have four exciting category winners, who will receive a badge, £30 Love2Shop voucher and a certificate. Congratulations to March's winners! …
April marks ‘Stress Awareness’ Month’, an opportunity to discuss the causes and effects, and limit its impacts on our daily lives. The majority of us will have experienced stress at some point. It is a natural reaction to stressful situations, such as work, relationships, or handling finances. A little bit…
Police violence has long been acknowledged as a substantial problem in countries across the world. There have been a seemingly endless number of incidents in recent years, including those in the US with the shooting of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner to sadly name a few of many.…
Planting fruit, vegetables, and flowers can feel daunting when it’s something you’ve never done before. However, nowadays there is a wealth of information at your fingertips on the internet or in books from your local library, which can help you make not only your thumb, but your whole hand green!…
It’s Volunteer Recognition Day, and we want to take some time to honour all of our incredible volunteers who dedicate their time to helping out and making a difference to the people we support. We chatted with Sabiha in London, who is an Activities Assistant Volunteer. Sabiha is a psychology…
This Sunday the 23rd April, the UK Government will be trialling a new alert system for any future warnings such as flooding. This test will automatically go to everyone's mobile phones and their tablets at 3pm, which may be a bit of a shock. Please remember that this is only…
For those who read my previous blog I had highlighted how many people in the UK were keen to offer their help to Ukrainians fleeing the war and Russian invasion which began in early 2022. This help was offered in many forms - from donating food or clothes all the…
‘Community Connections’ can reach wider than just your local area! Today we’ll be taking a trip across the Atlantic to share the wonderful news of a brand new ‘Inclusive Arts Clubhouse’, created by the Grace Fisher Foundation. Grace Fisher knows first-hand the importance of inclusive and creative spaces for people…
The Government’s Spring Budget revealed plans which will have a big impact on lower income families, and not for the better. With the rising cost of living, rocketing interest rates, and obvious dissatisfaction amongst essential public service workers including rail workers, teachers, and NHS staff, this budget needed to provide…
We’ve given our Service User Awards a brand new look, and would like to welcome you to the first round of ‘Creative Stars’! Our new awards celebrate the people who shine brightly and do wonderful things for each other. Each month, you can send in nominations for people who you…
Spring has sprung, and so has our new monthly theme! April is all about ‘Get on Growing’, encouraging you to get into your green spaces, grow your own and learn different ways to grow beautiful flowers and delicious fruit and veg. Whether you’re a keen gardener, or exploring it for…
To mark the beginning of spring and the start of planting season, we want to invite you to Get on Growing! Tying into April’s theme of growing your own and getting a head start on your garden, we are launching a sunflower competition to bring the sunshine into your green…
It is with immense pride that as of the 1st April 2023, our dedicated team of 4 community workers and volunteers at Creative Football leave Creative Support after 20 years! It has been truly fantastic to see the team's development from a small intervention in Blackburn to its wider influence…
This week marks World Autism Acceptance Week, an opportunity for people to come together and support and celebrate our autistic family members, friends, and colleagues. This year’s theme is all about colour, and celebrating the beauty of every part of the spectrum. Autism is classed as a ‘spectrum’ disorder, meaning…
Supporting lower-income families, care-leavers, and the children’s social care system is crucial to ensuring a good and fair quality of life for all. Unfortunately, people who fall under these umbrellas have faced constant cuts to their funding, and the impact is hard to understate. Since 2010-2020, Government funding to councils…
