Posted by Natalie Morris
The Care Workers’ Charity £500 Challenge - Founding Members
Autumna is proud to be a Founding Member of the £500 Challenge – a fundraising campaign launched by The Care Workers’ Charity encouraging businesses across the adult social care sector to commit to an annual donation of £500, the same as an average grant they award to a care worker experiencing financial hardship.
Social care is experiencing a workforce crisis, and it is important now more than ever that organisations in the sector come together to recognise the immense value and tireless contributions of care workers across the UK in helping services to stay open. Autumna is contributing to this worthwhile cause to ensure that there is a helping hand for care workers in these difficult times.
By signing up as a Founding Member, Autumna hopes to encourage other organisations to sign up themselves. The Care Workers’ Charity is experiencing high demand for their services - since 2020 they have made over 6000 grants to care workers in crisis. If one in ten organisations providing and organising care in the UK accepted the £500 Challenge, they could raise £2.5 million per year to support care workers.
Karolina Gerlich, CEO of The Care Workers’ Charity said:
“We are extremely grateful to Autumna who have signed up as a Founding Member of our £500 Challenge. Every organisation who signs up and spreads the word is making it more likely that our charity can support care workers across the UK, providing the right support when it is needed most. We hope to sign up hundreds of businesses, ensuring that we have the funds we need to continue providing essential grants and mental health support in the years to come."
We urge organisations working in adult social care to accept this challenge and show that they really care about supporting the people who make up our essential workforce. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that care workers are supported to stay in their jobs and have a place to go in times of crisis.
Debbie Harris, MD of Autumna said:
"Social care is all about the people, they are the lifeblood of the sector. In supporting The Care Worker's Charity and the £500 challenge, Autumna is helping put those people first and we hope that everyone will join us in doing the same."
Please donate what you can by visiting The Care Workers’ Charity website.
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A fundraising campaign launched by The Care Workers’ Charity encouraging businesses across the adult social care sector to commit to an annual donation of £500, the same as an average grant they award to a care worker experiencing financial hardship.
£385 could replace a care worker’s washing machine so they have clean clothes for work and life. £395 could repair the car that a car worker relies on to get to work. £500 could provide one care worker with ten tailored mental health therapy to process chronic stress and trauma. £1,550 could help a care worker with the financial burden of laying a loved one to rest.
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) was founded in 2009 with the objective of supporting current and former care workers with one-off crisis grants. They support the almost 2 million care workers in the UK, contributing to one of the largest workforces.
