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The Carents Room - an award winning digital community!

Jackie with awards

It was a night of celebrations for The Carents Room with multiple accolades at the Digital Women Awards ceremony 2021.  We were all winners!

Our thanks to Digital Women for hosting such a great event and to everyone who is helping tp build and grow The Carents Room.

Our visual artist Haz, from Hazartwork was a finalist in the Young Digital Woman of the Year category.  Well done Haz!

Dr Jackie was a finalist in the Community Leader category and went on to win second place in the Digital Woman for Good category. Very proud indeeAnd The Carents Room community won second place in the Female Led Community category.  

These awards represent recognition for all carers and carents  – a sign of the growing public awareness of the vital role you play.  Congratulations and grateful thanks for all you do. 

 

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Did you find this information helpful? Let us know what you think or pass on some advice to other carents by emailing us at hello@thecarentsroom.com

Published: 21 / 12 / 2021, Last updated: 17/02/2025