An introduction to our BIG Weekend From the 7th-9th of July we celebrated our BIG Weekend at Liddington PGL, Swindon, the last time we were able to do this was before the pandemic, in 2019. Due to the Cost-of-Living Crisis we thought carefully about how best to make this event accessible for members and were…
In January we launched our first Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Focus Group with the aim of reviewing ethnic diversity across our members at Caring Matters Now. Representation of CMN amongst individuals with a darker skin tone is generally poor, in fact dermatologists report that most diagnostic images for skin conditions are on white skin…
We are delighted to announce that our Young Ambassador James has now completed Level 1 of our Young Ambassadors Programme! Congratulations from all of us at Caring Matters Now for completing Level 1 and for all your hard work and determination! James hopes to pursue the Dale Carnegie Course as Level 2 of the programme…
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.
In 2023 we are looking for 6 people to take on our North America Challenge. We have 6 places in the Virtual London Marathon, which is happening on 23rd April 2023, and if you live in North America, you could be in with a chance of taking up one of our places.
This year as we have celebrated 25 years of Caring Matters Now, we have loved seeing so many of our members getting involved in raising awareness and raising funds for the charity. It is especially exciting for us to see our youngest members taking part. Recently, Evie (age 7) decided to take on a challenge.…
This year, as Kathy turned 60, along side taking part in the Liverpool – London Trek, she decided to add another challenge to her list and took on the 60 mile walk along The Three Castles Path from Windsor to Winchester via Odiham castles.
We are delighted to announce that our Young Ambassador Elspeth, 17 years old, has now completed Level 2 of our Young Ambassadors Programme becoming the first Young Ambassador to complete the entire programme!
Evie’s mum kindly wrote to us to tell us about their experience of attending the 25th anniversary outing to Alton Towers. It is heartwarming to know that both Evie and her family enjoyed the opportunity to connect with other CMN families. We look forward to seeing them at future events.
This month we featured in an episode of ‘Appearance Matters: The Podcast!’ with the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR).
Bruna and Abbi from CAR asked: “what’s it like to be a young person with CMN?”
