🎄 Festive Fun with Careline! 🎄
Join us on Saturday 6th December, 11am–1pm, at St. Oswald’s Church Hall, Ashbourne for two hours of festive cheer!
✨ Enjoy a delicious mince pie
✨ Browse our Christmas stalls
✨ Listen to beautiful carols from the Chameleon Choir
✨ Bring the little ones to meet Santa! 🎅🏻
🎁 Raffle tickets are now on sale!
We’ve got loads of fantastic prizes to be won on the day, including our top prize: a gorgeous Christmas food hamper worth £60.
All proceeds support Careline, helping us continue our vital work with people who are lonely, isolated, and vulnerable.
We’d love to see you there, come and start the festive season with us! ❤️
Thank You!
On 6th September, we completed our fundraising walk, and we’re thrilled to share that we’ve raised an amazing
£1,134! 
A huge thank you to everyone who donated, shared our page, or joined us on the day. Your support means so much and will make a real difference to the people we call.
We’ve popped a few photos below from the walk so you can see what we got up to. It was such a great day from start to finish.
🚶♀️ Join Us for the Careline Fundraising Walk 2025! 🚶♂️
📅 When: Saturday 6th September 2025
🕙 Time: 10am start (registration from 9:30am)
📍 Where: Carsington Water, starting at the Visitor Centre Car Park, Big Lane, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1ST
We’ll be walking the beautiful 8-mile loop around the reservoir – with a shorter walk available if you prefer. Everyone’s welcome, including your four-legged friends 🐾💛
Can’t make it? You can still help!
💙 Sponsor the Careline Team – every penny counts and means so much.
💙 Organise your own walk/run/hike with friends or family to support Careline.
How to Donate:
🔗 Online: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/walk-for-careline
💌 Cheque: Payable to Careline, St. Oswald’s Hospital, Clifton Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1DR
📩 To join the walk or request a sponsorship form, email carolyn@carelinecalling.org.uk
💖 Thank you so much for your support – let’s make this year’s walk our best yet!
📞 More info: Call Careline on 01335 210353
ASHBOURNE
We held a coffee morning at Leek Building Society in Ashbourne on Monday 21st July. It was lovely to chat with their customers and share more about our telephone befriending service. We hope to be back again soon. Thank you to everyone who popped in, we really appreciated it.
UTTOXETER
We hosted a coffee morning at Leek Building Society in Uttoxeter on Monday, 11 August. While it was a little quieter than our Ashbourne event, we had a wonderful conversation with a 96-year-old gentleman who thoroughly enjoyed the complimentary coffee and biscuits. A special thank you to Sheila for joining me for the morning.
Join us for a coffee morning at Leek Building Society, Uttoxeter on Monday, 11th August, 10am-12pm.
We will be in branch to have a friendly chat about our service.
Everyone is welcome, so come along, grab a coffee and other refreshments.
🗓️ Date: 11 August
⏰ Time: 10am – 12pm
📍 Location: 13 Market Place, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8HY
We hope to see you there! 🫶
