Our Registered Manager Danielle and Board Member Stephanie attended the Huddersfield Macular Society Support Group on Wednesday to discuss all the ways in which Co-operative Care Colne Valley could help assist their members with our home care services. The Huddersfield Macular Society is a self help support group for those …
We recently supported the Alzheimer’s Society Elf Day campaign, which focuses on people living with dementia and their families. Elf Day isn’t just for the spirit of Christmas, behind the jingle bells and baubles there’s a very serious reason why Alzheimer’s Society organise this great initiative each year, and we …
As an ethical and cooperative organisation, we are proud that we are Accredited Living Wage Employers and that we provide our staff with security and a long-term commitment to a wage that always meets the cost of living, every year. With the cost of living crisis around us and prices rising …
We are really pleased and proud to say that the Care Quality Commission has rated us an overall GOOD across all 5 areas: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. If you don’t know, CQC has 4 ratings; Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate. We have a result of GOOD in …
It was recently Professional Care Workers’ Week which aims to galvanise professional social care colleagues throughout the sector to come together and discuss the challenges we all face, share best practices and recognise the brilliant work of care workers everywhere. We have a great team of care workers at Co-operative …
September is World Alzheimer’s with World Alzheimer’s Day itself taking place on 21 September, with the theme this year set by Alzheimer’s Disease International of ‘‘Know Dementia, Know Alzheimer’s’ which will have a special focus on post-diagnosis support. With some recent developments and potential breakthroughs in dementia treatment and support, …
We had a brilliant (or is that ‘quacking’?) day at the recent Slaithwaite Duck Race! Here are some photos from the day – it was great to meet so many people AND to be able to raise funds (£58) through our fishing game for the 33rd Slaithwaite Scout Group. The …
It’s Dementia Action week this week (16th to 22nd May), a great initiative from Alzheimer’s Society and one that we wanted to support with this post and updates on social media by sharing their materials (please see below). Supporting those living with dementia Here at Co-operative Care Colne Valley, we …
We had such a lively & lovely day this week running our ‘Celebrating Co-operative Care in Colne Valley’ day. We want to thank everyone who joined us and contributed to stimulating discussions. We all really enjoyed meeting everyone and have come away with a lot of exciting feedback and ideas …
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 …