Cambridge University Hospitals (CUHs) invite patients and carers to join an outpatients listening session via Zoom on either Tuesday 8 November 12:00pm – 1.30pm or Tuesday 15 November 1.00pm – 2.30pm*.  During the session, they would like to learn about your experiences of the hospital’s outpatients department – what’s going well, what’s not going so […]

If you’re caring for someone who’s had to go into hospital, it’s vital that you are consulted, involved and given the right information and support by health and social care professionals. This will help you look after the person safely when they leave hospital. Carers UK have put together a simple checklist to help summarise […]

Do you live, work or study in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough?  Would you like to influence the next five years of local health and wellbeing services? Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System invite you to share your views in a short questionnaire in their ‘Let’s Talk: Your health and care’ campaign.  The questionnaire covers a wide […]

We know that many unpaid carers experience loneliness, low self-esteem and stress as a result of their caring role. We have an opportunity to provide additional support to carers in Peterborough to help improve their mental health through counselling, befriending and wellbeing events – but we need your help We have been shortlisted for funding […]

We at Caring Together and Centre 33 have launched a challenge to make sure every young carer in Cambridgeshire 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 but demanding role in helping to look after a family member […]

The Chancellor recently announced plans that mean some people receiving Universal Credit who are in part-time work would need to take steps to increase their earnings. If you are a parent carer and trying to understand how the new rules will impact you, Contact for families and disabled children have produced answers to some of […]

Norfolk Young Carers Forum (NYCF) have been busy meeting up with council and NHS leaders this summer, as part of their work to raise awareness of young carers and young adult carers and the issues that affect them and their families. Forum members met Tracey Bleakley, chief executive officer of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, […]

Scarning Primary School in Dereham has once again been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education, in recognition of their continued work to identify and support young carers. Michelle King, family liaison and designated safeguarding lead at Scarning Primary School, said: “When we first applied for the Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education, […]

Caring Together and Healthy You are holding an event for carers offering free activities, advice and information about how you – as someone looking after a family member or friend – can look after your own health and wellbeing. The event is on Thursday 13 October 2022, 10.00am to 12.00pm at the David Rayner Centre, […]

His Majesty’s Passport Office Peterborough (HMPO) has been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Employers, in recognition of their work to identify and support carers in their workforce. The renewal of the award was decided by a panel of carers who assessed the submission on behalf of the charity which supports people caring […]