At the end of 2022, we invited our teen and young adult members to a Young Adults Panel Q&A session. Our Young Adults had so much great experience and insight to share that, despite not having any sign-ups for the event, we decided to record the conversation and make it accessible to all our members.…
To kick start the new year, we invited our 0–6-year-old members to join us for a Storytime with Charlotte Hawkins event.
In November and December 2022, we celebrated the World Cup by inviting our members to take part in a Caring Matters Now Fantasy Football League. Eleven of our members took part including four Dads, two Mums, two children, one staff member, one Support Contact and an extended family member! We had hoped that this event…
On Saturday, September 10, we were delighted to welcome our families from all over Ireland to Tayto Park to celebrate of the 25th birthday of Caring Matters Now UK and the 1st birthday of Caring Matters Now Ireland.
On a bright, sunny Sunday in September, we held the South-East Regional Gathering at the Hop Farm in Paddock Wood.
Back in 1997, Caring Matters Now began with a family who lived in Liverpool, picking up the phone to provide some support other families that had been affected by the same condition that their daughter, Jodi, had been born with; Congenital Melanocytic Naevi. Fast forward 25 years, and the charity has gone from strength to…
This year, the East Anglia and London gathering was in Hyde Park at Diana’s memorial fountain we had a lovely warm day and had a picnic lunch, where we all gathered together to meet familiar and new faces to share our stories with drinks and ice creams
You may have seen O2’s Christmas ad which features the gift of data this Christmas…
In response the Cost of Living Crisis we have recently partnered with the National Databank at the Good Things Foundation to ensure that our members have access to data to attend our online events over the Winter months.
Toni and Den at ‘Slambassador’ are well known in the VW world for being one of the leading companies when it comes to ‘slamming’ your camper van! Along with their son Harry who has CMN, Toni and Den decided to raise funds for Caring Matters Now by building, ‘slamming’ and raffling a T4 camper van…
On Saturday 19th November we hosted our annual Support Contact Training Day in Euston London, 11 Support Contacts joined in person, 8 Support Contacts joined us online, 3 staff members and our chair of Trustees also attended.
