A Joyful Reflection on Our 2025 Big Weekend
From August 15–17, Caring Matters Now hosted its annual Big Weekend in Birmingham, bringing together 118 attendees—including three new families and one who traveled all the way from Germany!
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Caring Matters Now 2025 Round-Up: A Year of Impact, Awareness & Community
As 2025 draws to a close, Caring Matters Now reflects on an extraordinary year filled with fundraising triumphs, awareness breakthroughs, and unwavering support for those living with Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN).
Children’s Book launch: ‘Didi, the Wolf and the Starry Tattoos’
This inspiring book follows the journey of Didi, a young girl with CMN, as she begins her adventure of starting school – navigating curiosity, stares, and ultimately finding her tribe.
Val Unsworth Stepping Down as Chair of Trustees; Tracy Traverse Burley Appointed New Chair
After 12 years of service, Val Unsworth, co-founder of Caring Matters Now, is stepping down from her role as Chair of Trustees. After an impressive tenure, Val will be handing over the reins to Tracy Traverse Burley, who has been appointed by the Board as the new Chair of Trustees.
New Member’s Event
Are you a new member at Caring Matters Now? Join us on Sunday 23rd March at 8pm for our Annual New Members Event online. You’ll find out who we are, what we do and why we do it, as well as meeting some of our team and having an opportunity to ask any questions that you may have also!…
Wow… what a week!
Just one week on from announcing the research breakthrough Prof. Veronica Kinsler has made, we have so much to celebrate; the impact, exposure and response from our community has been overwhelming…
Maddie completes Level TWO of the Young Ambassador Programme
Last year, Maddie completed the Dale Carnegie course, Level TWO of our Young Ambassador Programme!
Maddie becomes the first Young Ambassador to publish a journal article
In Autumn 2023 we were able to give one of our Young Ambassadors, Maddie, a unique opportunity to write a journal article to be published in the British Journal of Dermatology (BJD). Maddie wrote an article based on a patient’s perspective of living with CMN, entitled ‘Challenges in adult services for a young adult with a rare skin disease’.
Mia is the second Young Ambassador to complete the Dale Carnegie course, Level TWO of our Young Ambassador Programme!
Level 2 of the programme offers the unique opportunity to complete the prestigious Dale Carnegie Course. Designed to equip you with the communication and human relation skills required to be successful in any setting, this world famous programme of self-development helps the leaders of tomorrow leverage their skills so they can strengthen relationships between colleagues,…
Announcing our alliance with Face Equality International
We are proud to announce that Caring Matters Now have become part of the alliance with Face Equality International (FEI) just in time for Face Equality Week 2024.
