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If you'd like to take a photo of where you found the pebble, we'd love to see it! Share it on socials using the #PebblesForCarers - our social links are @banescarerscentre on Facebook and Instagram.
Move your pebble
Find a new home for your pebble. By moving it, someone else may find it and scan the QR code just as you did - you may help someone identify as a carer or simply raise more awareness of support for carers across our area.
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Underneath you'll find more about our small, local charity, one that supports thousands of unpaid carers aged five and above across Bath and North East Somerset. You may like to make a donation, or choose us to benefit from your next fundraiser! We really appreciate all the support we get from people like you.
Make a difference to the lives of those looking after friends and family, let them know they do not have to face this journey alone.
Each donation we receive goes into ensuring our vital support services remain available when carers need us the most, supports the running of our carer cafés and specialist peer support groups, and enhances our wellbeing opportunities to ensure carers are able to take a break. Our services are free to carers, and you can help us keep it this way.
Thank you for scanning the QR code on the back of your pebble - you've taken the first stepping stone to supporting a truly important local charity supporting thousands of people looking after their loved ones.
Across Bath and North East Somerset, approximately 20,000 individuals look after their family and friends who require a little extra support and care as a result of either a disability, an addiction, mental illness, poor health or simply a result of getting older. Unpaid carers adapt their lives, often at a cost to their own health, wellbeing or finances, in order to proudly care for those in their circle.
Heading here and reading on is your first step in making a big difference to their lives.
Unpaid carers, could be caring for a parent as they get older, helping a sibling navigate their childhood, supporting a neighbour with their food shop and prescriptions, providing extra care to a partner through ill-health. Some are as young as five, and they need to know we are here to provide practical support, financial advice, and an opportunity to take a break from their caring role - to remember who they are and be amongst others who understand.
Without us, carers often feel isolated, overwhelmed and have no-where to turn. You can help change that.
Fundraising Ideas
Below we talk about some of our favourite ideas, hints and tips to make your fundraising journey a success. We hope you’ll find everything you need to have the most successful and enjoyable time raising funds for The Carers' Centre. But we also understand that every fundraising idea comes with its own challenges so, if you need a little more support or advice, we’re only a phone call or email away.
Host a cake sale
Host a bake sale in the comfort of your own home or have a bake sale at work.
Shout about your bake sale from the rooftops, get your friends and family to spread the word.
Create a birthday fundraiser
A birthday fundraiser is a simple way to support a charitable cause by asking friends and family to donate to a charity instead of giving gifts.
Donate in memory
Giving to The Carers' Centre in memory of your loved one is a meaningful way of honouring their life, and all they meant to the people who knew them.
Become a corporate sponsor
You can partner with The Carers' Centre to fundraise in ways that suit your people and your organisation.
Donate while you shop
Simply join for free and start shopping to make a difference for Bath & North East Somerset Carers Centre!
Use your imagination!
Could you do a sponsored walk with your dog? Perhaps swim 200 lengths? Or perhaps take on a reading challenge - we're open to ideas and are happy to help you get started with your event.
What do we do?
Here at The Carers' Centre, we provide timely advice and support in the hope that we can help carers avoid crisis and and have a positive impact on both their lives and the lives of those they care for.
Our freephone Support Line is available five days a week, between 9am-1pm and carers can speak to our specially trained team, whether they need practical or financial assistance, a listening ear or signposting to unique services across our local area or further afield.
We promote connection with others who understand the challenges of unpaid care, the ups and downs and the pressures along the way. We do this through an extensive wellbeing programme that runs year-round, providing plenty of opportunities for carers to take a break and re-charge. We also host regular carer cafés, ensuring relaxed chatter and shared experience a plenty.
For young carers aged 5 - 18, we provide a variety of fun, engaging and mindful activities throughout the year, from arts and crafts to animal experiences and day trips to physical activities such as rock climbing - there truly is something for everyone to enjoy!
Every time someone supports our charity, they make the lives of carers a little more manageable, and we really appreciate it.