Yearly Archives: 2024

Top 10 Tips for a Healthy Heart

Top 10 Tips for a Healthy Heart


It’s Healthy Heart Month and we’re sharing some tips on how to look after your heart! The heart is a muscle that beats around 100,000 times a day! It is a very important organ because it pumps oxygen and blood around the body. Here are just a few small changes…

Community News #1

Community News #1


Welcome to the Creative Support Community News! Here you can enjoy the latest good news stories we have shared on socials each week. Do you have a good news story you would like to share? Email us at communications@creativesupport.co.uk!    Nathan's Boxing Dreams   Nathan in Grimsby has taken up…

Creative Stars Winners – January

Creative Stars Winners – January


Congratulations to our latest round of Creative Stars winners! Our service user awards celebrate the people who shine brightly and do wonderful things for each other. We have four exciting category winners, who will receive a badge, £30 Love2Shop voucher and a certificate. Congratulations to this month’s round of winners:…

Black LGBTQ+ Icons

Black LGBTQ+ Icons


We're celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month by looking at inspiring LGBTQ+ icons from throughout history until the present day. We've put together a selection of Black LGBTQ+ trailblazers and explored how they have made history and helped to change the world, in areas such as the arts, culture, sports, politics, and…

World Hijab Day


World Hijab Day is observed annually on the first of February, as a way for people to learn about the significance of the hijab in the lives of Muslim women. Our EDI Lead Kizzy had the privilege of conducting a brief interview with some of our staff members, providing insights…

Healthy Heart Month Prize Draw

Healthy Heart Month Prize Draw


We’re giving you the opportunity to win a smart watch in our Healthy Heart Prize Draw! The prize draw is open to entries from service users and staff. To be entered into the prize draw, choose one of the following: Try out three different exercises. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to…

This year’s Art Competition is now open!

This year’s Art Competition is now open!


The Art Competition is open to both service users and staff members. We’re looking for all types of fantastic artwork, so please send us your paintings, drawings, sculptures, crochet, embroideries, photography or anything else you enjoy making. [gallery size="medium" ids="111684,111695,111692"]   Winners will be in with a chance of being…

Creative Support Celebrates Made in Manchester Award Success

Creative Support Celebrates Made in Manchester Award Success


Creative Support’s Internal Audits Team has been awarded ‘Team of the Year’ at this year’s Made in Manchester Awards. The prestigious Made in Manchester Awards celebrates exceptional young professionals in Greater Manchester, with all entrants aged 35 and under. The Team of the Year award was designed for businesses that…

Healthy Heart

Healthy Heart


Next up in our Year of Living Well, this month we’ll be focusing on how to keep our hearts healthy. Your heart is your body’s powerhouse, pumping eight pints of blood around your body and beating around 100,000 times a day! It is very important to look after your heart.…

How to Form a Habit

How to Form a Habit


This month we’re looking at forming ‘Healthy Habits’ and making regular positive changes in our lives. A habit is something you repeat regularly without thinking about it - like brushing your teeth, exercising, or smoking. But how do you make a new habit, and make sure it sticks? There has…

What is a Habit?

What is a Habit?


This month we’re helping you to set new Healthy Habits. A habit is more than something you try to do every now and then- habits are part of our routine, and many of us do them without even thinking about it. Examples of good habits are exercising regularly, going to…

2024 What’s On Guide and Journal Out Now!

2024 What’s On Guide and Journal Out Now!


Get ready for the Year of Living Well What’s on Guide and Journal! At Creative Support, 2024 is our ‘Year of Living Well’. Throughout the year, we’ll be looking at how we can keep ourselves healthy and well, both physically and mentally.   Download What's On Guide       …

Creative Support Awarded Gold by Investors in People

Creative Support Awarded Gold by Investors in People


Creative Support, a not-for-profit provider of care and support services, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Investors in People Gold accreditation. Creative Support, whose headquarters are in Stockport, supports over 6,000 people with support needs in services located in 67 local authorities in England. Investors in…

How to Set a Goal

How to Set a Goal


2024 is our ‘Year of Living Well’, so let’s start by thinking of some goals you’d like to reach this year! Goals can be the stepping-stones towards a happier way of living. They can improve productivity at work, help people cope with depression and anxiety as well as lead a…

Creative Stars Winners – December

Creative Stars Winners – December


Congratulations to our latest round of Creative Stars winners! Our service user awards celebrate the people who shine brightly and do wonderful things for each other. We have four exciting category winners, who will receive a badge, £30 Love2Shop voucher and a certificate. Congratulations to this month's round of winners:…

Healthy Habits

Healthy Habits


As we come into the New Year, many of us think about what positive changes we can bring into our lives, and if we can start any 'Healthy Habits'.  A habit is something we do regularly as part of a daily, weekly or monthly routine. We all have habits, good…

Festive Roundup!

Festive Roundup!


All across the country, services decked the halls and rocked around the Christmas tree, truly getting into the festive spirit. From sparkling decorations, to seeing Santa, to even having a trip on the Polar Express, Santa Claus certainly came to town across Creative Support! Check out our Festive Roundup below…

Our 2024 Calendars are Here!

Our 2024 Calendars are Here!


Our 2024 Calendars are on their way to a regional office near you!  Thank you to everyone who entered our 2023 Art Competition, we are always blown away but the amount of creativity and talent shown by the people we support and our staff. Our judges had the difficult task…

2024: The Year of Living Well

2024: The Year of Living Well


Happy New Year! At Creative Support, 2024 is our ‘Year of Living Well’. Throughout the year, we’ll be looking at how we can keep ourselves healthy and well, both physically and mentally. We’ll be focusing on twelve different aspects of health and wellbeing, such as how to keep our hearts…