Over 30 local parishioners enjoyed a fine afternoon tea with sherry and singing at the December meeting of the First Tuesday’s Friendship Group at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Silsden. They were ably waited upon by their volunteer coordinators who have been running the group since it began in May this year. Read More
Children, parents, carers and grandparents gathered at the Keighley Catholic Centre for the Stay and Play Christmas Party. Father Christmas joined the group to deliver presents to the excited children! The children also enjoyed a sing a long and games! Happy Christmas to Keighley Catholic Centre Stay and Play!
The young children and their parents / carers certainly got into the Christmas spirit at the first Christmas party of St Anthony’s play group in Beeston, Leeds. It was a lovely morning filled with happy voices and shrieks of excitement. Party food and of course hats set the morning off well and the surprise visit Read More
Craven House opened as residential home for 4 adults with a learning disability in 1991. Sadly since autumn of last year the home has only had 1 permanent resident together with a short term placement who sadly passed away. Discussions with the Local Authority concluded that there is no current demand for residential care and Read More
Staff, Trustees, friends and of course the people we care for came together on the evening of the 25th November to celebrate the annual Catholic Care Christmas Party at the Leeds Crowne Plaza Hotel. Guests were welcomed into the beautifully decorated hotel with tables adorned in gold, those attending felt an instant Christmas glow as Read More
The St Vincent’s Support Centre is helping Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Leeds. The Centre runs a weekly Immigration & Migration Drop-in on Thursday mornings. Legal advice is provided free by solicitors from the Manuel Bravo project and immigration information given by Julie Linley who is OISC accredited. The service is supported by a team Read More
Whilst watching television one evening recently, three of the people we support, who live together just outside Keighley, saw an advert for the Macmillan coffee morning. Seeing the good work Macmillan do to support those with cancer they decided they would host their own event. After much discussion the date was set and on Saturday Read More
It was a sad yet proud day in September when residents, colleagues and friends gathered at the House of Light residential home for adults with a learning disability to wish June Holstead a happy retirement after 18 years of working for Catholic Care. June started her time with the charity in the home at Cross Read More
This year Tom, Jason, David and Paul who live at Bingley went to Scarborough for a week’s holiday supported by 2 members of staff. They stayed in accommodation not far from the centre on the cliff top with beautiful views overlooking both of the bays. They all had a brilliant time and visited many different Read More
Catholic Care has today launched its YouTube channel to showcase the short films that were made over the summer. The films will be added to the channel over the next few weeks, so subscribe to the channel now to get notified when the films are added. The first film, entitled ‘Catholic Care – What’s it Read More