Callum has a bathing trunk naevi, so we decided to raise funds for Caring Matters Now. We contacted our local Tesco store who allocated us a slot to collect. Armed with the leaflets and balloons, myself and Callum sat in the foyer of Tesco with our collection buckets. We told people about the condition and…
Crabtree & Evelyn Wimbledon Centre Court Shopping Centre In Store Charity Event – 24th September I heard about it from a support group called Caring Matters Now that I am associated with due to our son being born with a rare condition Congenital Melanocytic Neavus which has recently been discovered to be a syndrome. Caring…
I got together with some of my school friends and told them about CMN. So we all decided what to do to fundraise and we decided on a cake stall! We spoke with the head teacher and he was happy with it. We made letters and posters for every class and I told my friends…
Amazing £22,000 raised for Caring Matters Now! I had the great honor, yet again, of taking part in another CMN Charity Challenge, climbing 24 peaks in 24 hours. Beforehand I must admit I underestimated the difficulty of the challenge. I thought “24 peaks can’t be as tough as Mount Kilimanjaro”, however, I was soon to…
I went with mum and dad, some of the mums from school, my friends from school, my uncle and my big cousin Jordan to Cambridge United Football Club and we collected money in buckets for the charity. It was very cold and hard work but we raised £204.70. We also got to watch some of…
At the beginning of January we wrote to various organisations and local attractions to see if they would donate prizes for a raffle. We had an amazing response with 19 prizes being donated in total. We sold tickets to friends, family and my mums work friends and sold pink and blue cupcakes on the day…
Birth Wes and I had only been married for 9 months when we found out I was pregnant. We were overjoyed at the thought of having a little one, it was like the icing on the cake. Anna-Grace made her appearance a week early. When Anna was born the midwife’s wrapped her in a towel and…
To all the great team at Caring Matters Now, Well as you can see from the photos we finally did it, Harvey’s hair has been cut short. It’s something we always said we would do just before he started school. May 25th was quite an emotional day for us as a family as Harvey has…
As a result of Jodi coming into the exciting post of Chief Executive for Caring Matters Now Support Group, she is now unable to continue being Chair of Trustees, which is the position Jodi has fulfilled since the support group was established. As I’m sure you are aware, the Chair of Trustees has the responsibility…
As you are probably already aware, Jodi Unsworth is the original founder of Caring Matters Now back in 1996. Jodi, who was only 15 at the time and her parent’s took on the role of supporting other families affected by CMN. Since then the support group has developed immensely and today has over 350 families…
