On 16th May, Careline’s East Staffordshire members were invited to join the Uttoxeter Friendship Group for their annual Strawberry Tea. The  Group have always been great supporters of Careline and this fantastic afternoon strengthened our friendship even more.

We all had a lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea and entertainment from the Sitwell Singers.  Thank you to the Friendship Group for making us all feel so welcome!

We had a lovely time hosting Careline’s third monthly Coffee & Chatter morning at St Oswald’s Hospital in Ashbourne last Friday. Many of our members and volunteers attended as well as people from the local community. Along with our usual fair of homemade cakes and handmade items, we also had a lovely donation of cakes from Hatters Tea Parties (images below). We also held a raffle for a beautiful shaker style sewing box, lovingly handmade and kindly donated to us by Ryan Quince. If you didn’t get the chance to purchase raffle tickets this time round, don’t worry as we will be selling raffle tickets at each of our coffee mornings until the draw on October 12th.

Our next Coffee & Chatter morning will be Friday 11th May, 10am-12pm. So if you fancy a free cup of tea or coffee, and a slice of homemade cake, please add it to your diaries as we’d love to see you there!

Our volunteers selling raffle tickets and a lovely view of the delicious cakes kindly donated to us by Hatters (Photo (c) Hatters Tea Parties).

More lovely cakes by Hatters (Photos (c) Hatters).

Our lovely members and volunteers.

Our members and volunteers having a good natter.

We are raffling this lovely Shaker Style Sewing Box, made and donated by local artisan, Ryan Quince.

Careline’s second monthly Coffee & Chatter morning, held at St Oswald’s Hospital in Ashbourne, was another great success! Many of our members and volunteers attended as well as people from the local community. We also held our 100 Club Spring Draw, raffled a lovely big Easter egg, kindly donated to us by Sue Brown at Tesco, Uttoxeter, and presented gifts to volunteers who have been with us for 10 years or more. So a fun and busy morning was had by all!

Our next Coffee & Chatter morning will be Friday 13th April, 10am-12pm. So if you fancy a free cup of tea or coffee, and a slice of homemade cake, please add it to your diaries as we’d love to see you there!

Cute little hand knitted chicks and bunnies made by our lovely volunteers.

One of our home volunteers.

Beautiful handmade jewellery by our very own Befriending Co-ordinator, Jo.

Two of our volunteers helping out at our small fundraising table.

Yummy homemade cakes for sale.

Jane, Careline’s manager, presenting a gift to one of our volunteers who has been with us for over 18 years!

One of our lovely volunteers with her gift for over 14 years of volunteering with us.

Our Secretary and two of our volunteers helping out at the Easter table, selling hand knitted chicks and raffles tickets for our fab big Easter egg.

Thornton’s Easter Egg for our raffle donated by Sue Brown at Tesco, Uttoxeter.

One of our volunteers who was also presented with a gift for volunteering with us for over 14 years!

Our manager, Jane, with one of our volunteers who has been with us for 16 years.

Our volunteers at our fundraising table selling handmade cards and jewellery.

Save the Date! Our next Coffee & Chatter morning will be Friday 13th April, 10am-12pm. Hope to see you there!

Careline’s first new monthly Coffee & Chatter morning, held at St Oswald’s Hospital in Ashbourne, was a great success! Many of our members and volunteers attended as well as people from the local community. Our next Coffee & Chatter morning will be Friday 9th March, 10am-12pm. So if you fancy a free cup of tea or coffee, and a slice of homemade cake, please add it to your diaries as we’d love to see you there!

Photo: Sue Brown

Photo: Sue Brown

Photo: Sue Brown

Photo: Makeup Artist EstherMarie

You are invited!

Come along to Careline’s first new monthly Coffee & Chatter morning on Friday 9th Feb, 10am-12pm. It will be a great way for our members, volunteers and the general public to meet, drink coffee and have a good chat.