Marta Palada of Bucharest, Romania knows how family dynamics change when a loved one has cancer. “Even though I was not the main carer, I was involved with looking after my late grandfather during his battle against cancer,” she says. Marta has been raising awareness for After Umbrage during her university studies. Marta is a member […]
Why cycle 1,000km in four days?
Sam Woodfield, an accomplished British cyclist is taking on a huge challenge between Christmas and New Year 2021. For charity, he is setting himself the challenge to cycle 1,000 kilometers in four days. He is doing this to raise funds and awareness for After Umbrage and The Mintridge Foundation. These are two charities run by […]
Meet the Bath University Project Team
Let us introduce Lucas Spencer of Stratford-Upon-Avon to you. He is part of the Bath University project team that chose After Umbrage to raise awareness for and to fundraise. He – along with Jack, Lily, Dom, Marta, and Grace – has been introducing After Umbrage to a new audience. That audience is university students and […]
Dominic and Lily support After Umbrage
We are proud to introduce you to two more members of the Bath University Team. They are part of the team supporting After Umbrage. It’s part of their third-year Business degree course. They have chosen After Umbrage to help us raise awareness with a new, younger audience and to fundraise for us. Dominic and Lily […]
Jingle & Mingle – An evening with After Umbrage & Mintridge
Monday, 29 November 2021, 18:30 Join local charities, After Umbrage & The Mintridge Foundation to kickstart your festive cheer with bubbles & mince pies. Jingle & Mingle with us for an evening with two charities. Thank you very much to Brew Babu for kindly hosting our event. Monday 29th November 2021 18:30 – 20:00 Brew Babu 6 West St, […]
Hannah Roberts donates to After Umbrage
One of our amazing beneficiaries, Hannah Roberts and her family have made a donation to After Umbrage. They gave us a special mention at their son, Elijah’s baptism. Their family and friends have made the donation collectively. We thank them warmly. To accompany their donation they sent a heart-warming note that we’d like to share […]
Marmalade Insurance supports Free Breaks for Carers
After Umbrage is delighted to announce their exciting fundraising relationship with Peterborough-based motor insurance company, Marmalade Insurance. Marmalade helps you get from A to B by offering innovative and practical insurance products exclusively for young drivers. The company has set up a monthly donation to charity After Umbrage to help keep us on our road […]
Fundraising for Cancer-related Causes and Carers
Welcome to this photoblog showing our fundraising efforts for cancer-related causes and carers. Last week, teams from two small charities gathered to walk for charity. After Umbrage and The Mintridge Foundation combined forces to raise funds for The Malcolm Whales Foundation to benefit cancer-related causes. In turn, due to our partnership with The Malcolm Whales […]
Carers Week Highlights Aimed at Making Caring Visible
Last week – 8th to 14th June – was the national Carers Week campaign when we came together with our like-minded friends online to make caring visible. It was an opportunity for us to showcase our work and find new friends. Pleasingly, they came from the corporate sector, the third sector and new carers have […]
2 Minutes to help Carers
* Announcement * We thought you’d appreciate an update about the Movement for Good nominations that you kindly supported us with. Sadly, we have not been successful winning one of the 500 awards for £1,000 each. Amazingly,13,695 charities were nominated by 253,879 members of the public. They have wished us good luck next time. Thank […]