If you have a loved one in hospital, the planning for what happens when they leave hospital is very important. You may have already been caring for the person before they were taken into hospital, your responsibilities may be likely to increase when they return home, or you may have become a carer for the […]

Caring Together, Family Voice Peterborough, Pinpoint Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council are working with other partners to look to improve the support that is available to parent carers across the county. To help with this work, they are keen to hear from parent carers about the issues they are currently facing as […]

Our charity annual report detailing our work and its impact in the year 2021-22 has been published. The report has shown how we worked to support carers, including in the face of the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic which continued to hit carers hard. This, together with the cost-of-living crisis, have pushed many carers […]

The Christmas season can be a time when many of us are able to have a break and enjoy ourselves. But if you are looking after someone, it means that you may have quite a different experience – you may have more family and friends around to offer some support, but you and the person […]

Christmas can be a very special time of year, for many of us it can also bring practical and emotional challenges. All of these things can be particularly true for carers. Having someone you look after means Christmas can look very different, you have different considerations as you try to plan what it looks like […]

Caring Together are proud to be a member of Young Carers National Voice (YCNV) a national network of over 20 organisations all working to support young carers to have their voices heard. Ahead of Carers Rights Day, we worked with other members of Young Carers National Voice to highlight some of what has been achieved […]

Winter months can bring specific challenges for people looking after a family member or friend, and for the person they care for. For carers we know this winter is likely to have added challenges due to the cost of living crisis, and the continued impact of the COVID pandemic on carers, their cared for and […]

Caring Together, Norfolk County Council and Young Carers Matter Norfolk, with the support of organisations across the county have set a challenge to make sure every young carer in Norfolk has someone they can talk to in school and knows what support is available to help them. Many children and young people play a vital […]

Niky, one of our care professionals, talks about her role and how she enjoys making a difference to lives of people looking after family members or friends. If you would like to join our friendly team of care professionals, please visit our vacancies page.

Are you a young person looking after a family member? Do you love drama and storytelling? Norwich Theatre invites young carers living in and around Norwich to unleash their creativity at a taster playwriting workshop on at Norwich Theatre Stage Two on Thursday 11 August, 10.30am-12.30pm.  After the taster workshop, the full playwriting workshops will […]