Have you received amazing care and compassion from a Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust staff member? You can show your appreciation by nominating them for a Patient Choice Award in the Recognition of Excellence and Achievement in Community Health Care (REACH) Awards 2022. You can nominate them by: completing the nomination form below. […]

Find Your Wild are inviting  people caring for a family member or friend to connect with nature and join them at a friendly group for walking, talking, art and crafts. The free sessions for carers aged 50 and over and those in their care, run at The Othersyde Cafe, Cambridge on a Monday morning, 10.30am […]

Dementia Carers Count are inviting people to take part in their survey. If you offer, or have offered, help and support to a friend or family member living with dementia, they want to hear from you. They are keen to understand what pressures you face in your caring role, this well help them shape the services […]

With Carers Week on the way from 6 – 12 June, Carers UK and six other UK national charities (Age UK, Carers Trust, MND Association, Rethink Mental Illness, Oxfam GB and The Lewy Body Society), are calling for the UK Government to publish a recovery and respite plan for unpaid carers. They want this to […]

Please note that due to the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday we will be closed on Thursday 2 June and Friday 3 June and will reopen on Monday 6 June.  Our opening hours on other days will be as normal and you can contact us in the normal ways. If you email over the Bank Holiday weekend […]

Carers Week with the theme of ‘Make caring visible, valued and supported’, takes place on 6 – 12 June. During the lead up to the week, we thought it would be a good opportunity to highlight the range of support we offer to people looking after a family member or friend. If you or someone […]

NHS GP, Dr Osman Bhatti has spoken about why it is ok for people caring for a family member or friend to seek support from organisations such as Caring Together. He said, “There are factors that affect different communities accessing support…could be due to taboo issues, or it may not feel right or they are […]

Imam Sejad Mekic of Cambridge Central Mosque has spoken about the importance and value of carers, saying “taking care of someone is a unique and really excellent meritorious practice that is heavily rewarded for us in this life and in the next life.” He encourages people from his community who care for a loved one […]

Shahida Rahman, is a Trustee of Cambridge Central Mosque and Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustee of the Karim Foundation. Shahida encourages women who are caring for a family member of friend to seek help. She said “Women have a huge role in looking after their ill relatives, whilst trying to maintain the […]

For a young person who has caring responsibilities, trying to transition to, through and beyond university, can be extremely challenging and for some a barrier. On University Mental Health Day, we asked 20-year-old Axel about coping as a young adult carer while studying away from home for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Studies degree. […]