The Blog

On 2nd February the Mayor of Kirklees, Councillor Cahal Burke, visited Westhaven Court, Catholic Care’s supported living facility in Dewsbury, accompanied by one of our charity’s trustees, Canon Martin Kelly.

Catholic Care is a Principal Sponsor in the Home Office’s Community Sponsorship scheme for welcoming refugees to the UK.

Tenants at one of Catholic Care’s supported living services for adults with learning disabilities have begun a programme of events exploring world cultures.

One of Catholic Care’s social community groups for older and marginalised people in Bradford has returned to its usual venue.

The start of a year is a time for making resolutions, and for many of us this includes healthier eating.

Catholic Care is recruiting new Trustees to increase the breadth of knowledge and experience on its established Board of Trustees.

A feline visitor has brought joy to a resident at one of Catholic Care’s Supported Living Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities.

Catholic Care’s Gianna Baby Bank in Bradford offers confidential one-to-one support and advice to women and girls during and beyond pregnancy. 2024 started busy.

The 1st of February is Time To Talk Day, the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen, and change lives.

Catholic Care has published its impact report, titled A Celebration of Our Year 2023. Impact reports tell the public what charities do, looking back over events and statistics from the previous year.

Catholic Care has signed-up to Easyfundraising, the UK’s biggest charity online shopping site. Launched in 2005, this online community of over 2 million supporters has raised over £50 million for thousands of good causes across the country.

Back in September 2023, Catholic Care celebrated the achievements of staff and volunteers at our ‘Oscars’ night in Headingley Stadium. But did you know our charity’s impact was also celebrated at another Yorkshire sports venue a few days later?!

On 19th January 2024, Catholic Care employee Kate Hughes did a tandem skydive to raise money and awareness for our charity’s Mental Health Services.

Our 160th Anniversary Mass on 8th December is now at 7pm (not 6.30pm).

On 8th November a short Service of Thanksgiving was held to mark the third anniversary of Catholic Care’s Community Market at St. Winefride’s Church in Wibsey, Bradford.

Our Catholic Care Director, Carol Hill, has committed to walk 160 kilometres during the autumn to raise money marking our charity’s 160th anniversary.

A number of primary schools in the Diocese are marking Catholic Care’s 160th anniversary by pledging ‘160 Minutes of Mindfulness’.

All supporters of Catholic Care, along with staff, volunteers, and service-users, are warmly invited to celebrate our charity’s 160th Anniversary at a special Thanksgiving Mass at 6.30pm on Friday 8th December at St. Winefride’s Church in Wibsey, Bradford (BD6 1ST).

In mid-September Catholic Care’s Community Market in Wibsey helped a record number of households. Whilst we don’t want to celebrate the fact that so many people are in need, we believe the community ethos underpinning the Market is worth celebrating.

Catholic Care’s Friendship Group at St. Urban’s Church in Headingley welcomed some Year 6 pupils from St. Urban’s Catholic Primary School on 15th November 2023.

A Catholic Care employee is doing a sponsored skydive to mark Catholic Care’s 160th Anniversary.

Catholic Care is the Caritas agency of the Diocese of Leeds, and a member of Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) which is the social action agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. CSAN has issued the following statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Some of the senior citizens who attend Catholic Care’s Friendship Groups across the Diocese of Leeds are old enough to remember the Battle of Britain which took place between July and October 1940.

World Day of Migrants and Refugees is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of September. In 2023 the 109th World Day falls on Sunday 24th September.

The way Catholic charitable activities are coordinated in the Diocese of Leeds has been reorganised by Bishop Marcus.