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Round up of future events
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013Thursday May 23 2013 – Launch of new Carers’ Café in Letchworth GC at La Concha Tapas Bar and Restaurant, from 10am until 11.45am. Thursday May 23 2013 – For four weeks from 10am until 1.00pm the Getting Carers Connected workshops at Hitchin Priory, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin. Monday June 10 2013 - Launch of Carers Week activities [...] Read more
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The Lounge Barber Shop donation
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013Crossroads Chief Executive Sheelagh Taylor returned to a barbers shop which donated a day’s takings and tips to the charity. The Lounge barber shop in Letchworth GC presented a cheque for £300 to Ms Taylor. She said: “we are very grateful to Dean and his partner Geraldine for their support. This money will be used to help [...] Read more
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College offers food for thought
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013The Comet’s Charity of the Year has teamed up with a college to hold a special event for next month’s Carers Week. The Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North Time Out event will be held on June 14 at North Herts College’s Indulge Restaurant in Willian Way, Hitchin. A film will be shown about the positive outcomes of the [...] Read more
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Crossroads Care to open its third Carers’ Cafe
Friday, May 17th, 2013The Comet’s Charity of the Year, Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North, is to launch its third Carers’ Cafe in the area. Thanks to the support of Sammi and Peter Colvin, owners of La Concha Wine and Tapas Bar in Letchworth GC and funding from the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, Crossroads Care are launching their latest Carer’s [...] Read more
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Crossroads Care’s new mascot Benny the Bear
Friday, May 17th, 2013Members of Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North were out in force supporting carers in Herts and Herts County Council with the launch of a new carers discount card. Benny, the new mascot for Crossroads Care is the latest addition to the Crossroads Team and proved very popular on May 8th in Stevenage town centre. The discount card is [...] Read more
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A cut above
Thursday, May 16th, 2013A town centre barbers shop has celebrated its first year of being open by donating a day’s takings and tips to the Comet’s Charity of the Year. Dean Mayes and Geraldine Travi, owners of The Lounge in Eastcheap, Letchworth GC, donated £300 to Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North. The shop invited customers to celebrate its anniversary, with North [...] Read more
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Crafty break has carers in stitches
Friday, May 3rd, 2013An art organisation led a series of crafty sessions to give carers a much-needed break. Zinc Arts which has more than 20 years experience of running art projects, made a return visit to a Carers Café run by the Comet’s Charity of the Year Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North (CCHN). 16 carers got involved in two textile [...] Read more
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Easing the strain for carers
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013Every month, carers in North Herts are given the chance to share their concerns by engaging in sessions facilitated by a trained counsellor. The sessions, run by the Comet’s Charity of the Year Crossroads Care, aim to alleviate the strains often felt by carers. At a recent session, Elaine Wight from Counselling in Herts visited the group [...] Read more
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Session looks into dementia
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Carers from Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North, the Comet’s Charity of the Year, had the chance to engage in a Q&A session about dementia. Carers at the Hitchin carers’ cafe group, who meet at The Croft in Bancroft, attended a session led by Cate Mitcham, a dementia support worker from the Alzheimer’s Society. Jo Wilkinson, executive assistant for [...] Read more
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Carers get a break in cafe singalong
Friday, April 12th, 2013Carers were given a well-earned break by putting on their dancing shoes for a morning of live entertainment. Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North which is the Comet’s Charity of the Year, put on a Carers’ Cafe to remember last week. Professional singer Aimi Percival led a singing session at the event to brighten up the cold and bleak [...] Read more
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