Volunteer ‘Still-Life’ Self Portraits
Carers Leeds Volunteers' Week Photography Challenge! Inspired by Skippko Shutter Stories project, we asked volunteers to create a self-portrait without actually being in the photo! To do this, volunteers selected three or more objects
The cost-of-living crisis
Are carers being overlooked again? I like Carers Week, it gives Carers Leeds and other organisations across our city, an opportunity to make carers visible and to recognise the work they do day in and
Annual Volunteer Satisfaction Survey 2021
“I think Carers Leeds must be one of the best organisations in which to volunteer. We are so well looked after and thanked for anything we do and I feel very much appreciated. It
Volunteer Story Amie
Hi, I’m Amie, I’m currently volunteering as a Microvolunteer and Short Projects Assistant. I joined the team in August 2021. I wanted to start my journey going back into the world of work. Being a
Volunteer story – Liz
Hi, I am Liz, Carers’ Book Group Organiser Volunteer Ten years ago, I had been looking for a voluntary role outside work, when I saw in the Carers Leeds newsletter an advert to start a
Celebrating long service volunteers
Back in 2019 we celebrated Volunteers’ Week at the Old Fire Station, Gipton. Some of our volunteers will remember the laughter and joy as well as being presented with a ‘Length of Service’ certificate. At
Andy thanks our volunteers
Volunteers’ Week: A big thank you from the Board of Trustees Volunteers make a fantastic contribution to Carers Leeds every week of the year, with Volunteers’ Week providing a timely opportunity to recognise all
Volunteers Week – A time to say thanks
It’s the first day of Volunteers’ Week 2022. Carers Leeds will be celebrating with our amazing volunteers at a ‘Lunch and Cake’ get-together. Welcoming volunteers back to our Headrow office that reopened in January 2022
Celebrating Carers Week
This June, Carers Week will recognise and celebrate the UK’s hidden workforce of 13.6 million. To mark the awareness week, Enable Magazine, the UK’s leading disability and lifestyle title, is spotlighting four unpaid carers’
Do you care for someone with Parkinson’s?
Do you know what support is available from Parkinson’s UK for you and the person you care for? Parkinson’s UK has a Leeds Adviser who offers one to one support and can provide the following:
Invisible Women – Book Review
For International Women’s Day the co-leaders of Carers Leeds Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Book Club have reviewed the book choice of this quarter: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men -
Let’s Get Digital!
Happy New Year everybody! We hope you all had a wonderful and safe Christmas period and have settled into the new year well – who else is shocked that it’s already February?! If you’ve