Category Archives: General

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.

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.

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.

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.…

Back by popular demand! We are gearing up to restart our Online Community groups throughout the autumn and winter months.