We’re excited to announce two forthcoming events! Celebrating Co-operative Care in Colne Valley is a mix of – A day-long series of talks and events on Saturday 14th May. You can drop in anytime between 10.00 am and 3.00pm and stay for one or more sessions/talks or just come along …
Last week saw us take part in Kirklees College’s Employability Week activities via the Market Place careers fair. We met some great young people interested in what our organisation was about and what’s entailed in being a carer. We supported the event as we think the college does a great …
We recently supported Dignity in Care‘s 2022 campaign theme of “PUT UNDIGNIFIED CARE TO BED – Donate & Wear Red”. We asked our user members, families involved and team to wear something red and send us photos, for us to add to the Dignity Tree in our office. We visited …
Danielle, our Registered Manager sat down recently with one of our wonderful volunteers, Ashlee, to find out a bit more about her and to get her thoughts on volunteering with us. Danielle: Ashlee, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. How long have you been part of Cooperative …
We are always looking for thoughtful, kind and compassionate people to join us as care staff members here in the Colne Valley. And we know from talking to interested applicants that certain questions occur each time. So we have bundled them into one list below. If you are interested in …
How long have you worked at CCCV and what attracted you to work there? I’ve been with CCCV 3 months. The main attraction to me, after working for various companies over my 20 years’ experience, was the not for profit element of the organisation. From the offset, it just feels …
We are an ethical, not-for-profit community home care service and our vision is for everyone receiving and delivering care to have a high-quality service in and around the Colne Valley and Meltham locality. How do we do that? By being a community owned and led service, working in the community, and …
We wanted to share a recent Facebook post from one of user members and an all-around inspiring person, Alice Barker. Alice has set up the Mobility Mindful campaign in Meltham and she joined us last week at our community outreach stall at Morrisons Meltham to support us and to promote …
Would you know what to do if someone needed a defib (defibrillator)? These are increasingly provided in many towns and villages and housed inside yellow boxes which are fixed to the walls of shops or businesses. We recently worked in partnership with Steve Moss at Purple Dog Ltd (delivering blended …
It is a very unsettling time when you are considering the prospect of needing to employ additional support, to help and assist you in your everyday life. Not only are you anxious about making sure you choose the correct care package and support services, but the added worry of cost …