We are joining with Carers UK, Carers Trust, MPs and others in calling for Carers Allowance to be completely overhauled. And you can add your voice to those saying the outdated and inadequate approach to the benefit must change. Whatever happens in the General Election this summer we will continue join with other carer organisations […]

For some of us who are looking after someone, our caring role can mean we start to become isolated. But we have a group of volunteers who are giving people a new sense of connection and making sure they do not feel they are on their own. Our Norfolk Befriending Service helps people like Craig […]

A cross-party group of MPs and Peers have launched survey to gather the views of unpaid carers and organisations who represent them on their proposal for the UK Government to develop a new National Carers Strategy. The survey is open to current and former unpaid carers, as well as to organisations who support and represent […]

We at Caring Together Charity and young carers are calling for more to be done to help children and young people who are looking after a family member. There are almost 4,000 children and young people under the age of 18 across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk who are caring for someone. But it is years […]

The BBC are this year again holding their Make a Difference awards. If you know of a carer who ‘improves the life of an individual or group of people through their helpfulness, compassion and support’ you can nominate them for the Carer Award. The awards are held in each of the BBC radio station areas, […]

Future contract arrangements for NHS 111 and Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Systems are being reviewed, and you can give your views. NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB) wants to hear from the people who use these services most often. The ICB will use the feedback to help shape the type of services they contract […]

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough are keen to hear from people who have experience of using adult social care services to join their local Partnership Boards as Independent Members. Examples of this type of care that you may have experience of are care provided in a residential care home, care provided within a person’s own […]

If you are caring for someone or if you yourself have care needs this may mean at times you are not easily able to get to the door for a delivery. You are now able to use the Royal Mail App to set your delivery requirements including about accessibility (you can also give a safe […]

Healthwatch Norfolk is working with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) to find out more about the experiences of people caring for adults with serious mental illness (SMI). If this is you, they want to hear directly from you so the NSFT can gain a better understanding of your experiences and it will help […]

Are you a parent carer in Peterborough with experience of using special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services? Family Voice Peterborough have a survey open until 31 January that they would like you to give your views in. The results of the survey help provide a snapshot of how local families are experiencing SEND services, […]