Press release -
A WEBSITE THAT CARES
As pressure mounts on the Coalition to tackle the country’s care crisis, social enterprise, Cura, is attempting to play its part by launching an innovative new website that helps connect people who care.
www.curahq.com, which is free to use, allows users to mobilise family, friends and neighbours during times of need by setting up a secure web-based community. Members of a community have a real-time view of what help is needed, and can offer their support by either ‘taking’ tasks or leaving messages of encouragement.
People can set up their own community, perhaps if they need some support while recovering from injury or fighting illness. Equally, families can set-up communities to, for example, share the care needs of an elderly or disabled relative.
Neil Burgess, founder of Cura, commented: “With Cura we just want to make a positive change. At stressful times in our lives people around us often ask ‘let me know if there’s anything I can do’ but how often do we actually take up that offer of support? Cura is a simple and unobtrusive way to ask for a little help. What’s more, it’s completely free - so why not give it a try?”
Topics
- Health Organisations
Categories
- wiltshire
- care support
- care advice
- support
- home care
- elderly care
- carers
- care
- chippenham
www.curahq.com was founded by Neil Burgess in 2012. Neil lives in Chippenham, Wiltshire and is 27 years old.
Neil receives no payment or salary for running Cura, it is managed by him around his full time job.
Neil was awarded £4,000, by charity UnLtd, to build the site. UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better.
About UnLtd
UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. UnLtd resources over 1,000 individuals each year through its core Awards programme.
UnLtd operates a unique model by investing directly in individuals and offering a complete package of resources; from awards of funding between £500 and £15,000 to ongoing advice, networking and practical support.
UnLtd supports individuals who have their ventures firmly rooted in delivering positive social change. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Harding and Harding 2008) found that there were 1.7m people leading social organisations in the UK, 238,000 trying to start one, and that 35% of all nascent (early stage) entrepreneurs were starting with social ventures.
- UnLtd Ventures - provides long term specialist support to a number of outstanding entrepreneurs
- UnLtd Research - leads on inspiring and informing action, policy and social change
- UnLtd Connect - brings together experienced professionals able to offer pro-bono support and those who are growing social ventures
- UnLtd Advantage - is the premier investment readiness programme for social entrepreneurs and those investing in them
- Live UnLtd - is transforming how society views young people and how young people view themselves
UnLtd resource community entrepreneurs to start-up; support those with more established ventures to scale up; and are committed to developing an eco-system of support to make it easier for those who need help to find it.
For more information about the support offered by UnLtd, please visit: www.UnLtd.org.uk
