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Virtual Prudential RideLondon

RideLondon – could you get us a £500 boost

6 August 2020

My Prudential RideLondon is your chance to take part in the world’s greatest free festival of cycling. And what better way to help Caring Together as part of riding My Prudential RideLondon than winning a £500 donation boost to your fundraising page, before your wheels are even in motion! All you need to do is […]

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Helping carers – what carers are asking us at the moment

4 August 2020

At Caring Together we provide information and advice, run services in our local communities and campaign so that carers have choices. One way we do this is by giving advice and information to carers – you can call and speak to us on 0345 241 0954 or email [email protected]. Recently when giving advice to carers these are […]

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Kick into action with free football activities from Norwich City Community Sports Foundation

31 July 2020

We are delighted to be able to offer young carers an opportunity thanks to our partners at Norwich City Community Sports Foundation. The charity has kindly developed an online portal of football based activities that young carers can do over the summer holidays at home or down the park, and even better, they will be […]

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Share your breaktime mugshot and give carers a break

31 July 2020

Having a proper break is something lots of us can choose to do at some point in our day. But for many people who care unpaid for a husband, wife, partner, mother, father, child, sibling or friend because of their illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, having a proper break is simply […]

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Join a parent workshop on wellbeing on Thursday 13 August

29 July 2020

Contact, a charity who work with families who have a child with a disability, are running a programme of online workshops for parents. These are being offered free. Their free parent workshop on 13 August focuses on your wellbeing and will help you better understand what stress is and how if affects you, alongside tips […]

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Help input on children and young people’s health services website

29 July 2020

Children and Young People’s Health Services Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are about to redesign their health child programme website. They would love parents, carers and young people to help them co-design it to make it relevant so that it means something to them.  What they would like views on at this time is the content for […]

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Face covering video meeting

All that young carers and young adult carers needed to know about face coverings

24 July 2020

With the new Government guidance on face coverings coming into effect we have run a video session for young carers and young adult carers across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk talking about the new guidance and how to make your own face covering. The feedback on the session was very positive with people feeling the session […]

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A right to Carer’s Leave – help make the case to Government

24 July 2020

A right to carer’s leave is an issue that Carers UK has campaigned on for a long time. Thanks to the help of its supporters and campaigns, and the work of other organisations in raising this issue, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently consulting on a proposal to give employees a […]

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Survey for people who care for people with dementia

23 July 2020

A survey is being carried out to get feedback from carers on the impact that legal issues are having on carers of people with dementia at this current time. We have been contacted by tide who have asked us to encourage people who are looking after someone with dementia to complete the survey. The survey […]

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Helping carers – Carers Allowance and Attendance Allowance

20 July 2020

At this time we are receiving a high number of queries about contact details for both Carers Allowance and Attendance Allowance. Below are where you can go to get direct information about either of these. And remember we are here to help with specialist advice for carers. Call 345 241 0954 during office hours Monday […]

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