Category Archives: General

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

We have partnered with HelloFresh to launch a new support initiative providing a box of cooking ingredients for 4 meals to members.

In our 25th anniversary year, we want to celebrate the lives of Caring Matters Now members both past and present. On Sunday 17th July, Val Unsworth (chair of trustees) and Jodi were joined by one of our bereaved families at Mersey Forrest to plant a Caring Matters Now Tree of Remembrance. During our time together…

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!

In recent months, we have had the privilege of working closely with Dale Carnegie London to develop a brand-new landing page full of information about the Dale Carnegie Course!

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?”

Frankie and Mark’s daughter Sofia was born with CMN. They have been active members of Caring Matters Now, with Frankie fulfilling the role of Support contact for our North West Region and the whole family have been getting stuck in to both raising awareness and raising funds. Last year their whole street came together to…