Welcome to our guest blog by Rosie Buckley. Rosie is a creative copywriter with a flare and focus on being a health advocate. When she’s not out and about chasing her dog, you can find her typing away her next angle at her desk. Here she explains why respite breaks are what families need. It can […]
What makes you smile plus other questions
What makes you smile? What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given? These are all questions we’ve been asking our team. Why now? We thought it was a great way to celebrate our upcoming 10th Anniversary. It’s a milestone we are proud of so getting to know what makes our team tick seemed appropriate. Hence, […]
Tracy answers 10 questions to celebrate our anniversary
Getting to know our team Up next in our series of ’10 questions to celebrate 10 years’ of After Umbrage is Tracy. She is our Marketing Manager and has been part of the team since Spring 2017. The charity sector has been her home for the past 10 years and she enjoys storytelling. Her favourite […]
10 questions to celebrate 10 years
Getting to know our team One way to celebrate our 10th Anniversary is to tell you about the people behind the charity name, After Umbrage. We can learn much about an organisation by getting to know the people that run it. So, here are 10 questions to celebrate 10 years. Up first is Cath Nicholls. […]
Plan to celebrate our 10th Anniversary
Rather excitingly, 2023 is our 10th anniversary. We are 10 years old in September but like all good celebrations they take some planning. This is where you come in. Can you be part of our plan to celebrate our 10th Anniversary? Getting creative We are proud to have sustained After Umbrage for 10 years. During […]
International Women’s Day, meet our Founder, Tara Belcher
In celebration of International Women’s Day – 8th March – we share the story of After Umbrage’s female founder, Tara Belcher. Tell us a little about you I was born in Wimbledon, London, where I spent 12 happy years before moving up to Conington, near Peterborough, where I have been loosely based ever since. As […]
The best charity holiday stays in the UK
We are number 3 of the best charity holiday stays in the UK according to The Guardian. The author, Rhiannon Batten is a journalist, and author with a focus on travel, sustainability, design, food, and parenting. Rhiannon explains that booking a stay at one of her recommended holiday places will be a contribution towards a worthy […]
Logan rang the bell last September
After a nine-month battle with the NHS, my son, Logan, finally got diagnosed with a severe form of cancer in 2019. He was eight. Then, in September 2022, he rang the bell. ‘It’s really hard to describe. It doesn’t sound real. And often I can’t believe it myself,” says Sue his Mum. Nobody would ever […]
My life is on hold
“I had a life before becoming a carer but now my life is on hold”, said Mona from Birmingham about her role as an unpaid carer for her father, Richard. Both Mona’s parents were diagnosed with dementia in 2017 and she made some big choices. I didn’t realise I was a carer When Mona’s parents […]
I hate the word Dementia
Anthony from Manchester is the main carer for his Mother, Margaret who has vascular dementia. He says, “I hate the word Dementia”. It is a cruel disease. His Mum often says, “I have this thing in my head.” Pointing to her head, she knows something is wrong. Anthony and his siblings don’t want his Mum […]