Fundraising

In memory of Kate Arnold 11.3.1973 - 26.6.2018

CCK Support was founded by a small group of people, all working in care and all feeling that they could do better! Kate was one of those founding members and progressed to become one of the Registered Managers, and became the face of CCK the people's person.

She was instrumental in helping to set up CCK Support Ltd and always maintained her hands-on approach with our Service Users. She obtained the love and respect from the service users and staff alike. Always fair in her approach and always helping above and beyond wherever she could. Kate had a vision and a passion to find ways of making people's lives of all disabilites that much brighter and had a genuine care for their partners, carers, family members and others.

On the 14th June 2018, Kate was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and passed away on 26th June 2018 in the prime of her life, leaving her family and friends devastated. We at CCK Support would like to do something in her memory, to continue to help people in her name, to reflect on what a special person she really was.

Kate understood the forever increasing stretch of time and money on the local authorities to provide and pay for care in the community, therefore, CCK Support are driven to continue with Kate's legacy and dream to put money back into our local communities by setting up fundraising in her name. We would like to invite everyone to join in with our fundraising schemes to raise money to put towards this very special need to provide respite care.

Most people will know somebody who suffers from some form of Mental Health condition, Physical Disability, Dementia etc.  Our idea is to be able to make a difference no matter how big or small by giving back to our service user's and others in our local communities by providing a respite service by way of a couple of hours or more sit in service, an overnight stay, a day out somewhere, food bank, clothing, the list is endless, but whatever it might take to make a difference in someone's lives and this will be paid for by the money we raise.

We'd also like to donate money to help the charity "Bloodwise". This is a charity that researches and helps people with blood cancer, the third biggest cancer in the UK. We are aiming to set up various sponsorships and events, with family, friends, clients and anybody who would like to be involved, to raise money not only for "Bloodwise" but in the hope that the "Kate Arnold Fundraising" will become fully formed to support our local communities in respite care.