Carers Trust are running an online survey to try to better understand the needs of carers across the UK. The information will help them inform their fundraising for future carer services. They want to reach as many carers as possible so they can get a fuller understanding of carers’ needs and how we can best […]

Sam Corbett says she is not a ‘natural’ runner but is fully motivated to be running the Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon with #TeamTogether in March. Fundraising for a cause she believes in is inspiring her to go out, train and prove to herself what she is capable of. We caught up with her to find […]

Young Carers Awareness Day on Thursday 30 January sees a free resource becoming available to help infant schools identify and support young carers, who can be as young as four years old. The resource is based on the story of the lives of three children – Jamila, Harry and Sarah – who have experiences that […]

Caring Together is delighted to have won the Health & Social Care Employer of the Year Award at the Cambridge Regional College Apprenticeship Awards. The award was announced at a ceremony at Park Restaurant last night and was given in recognition of the training and development opportunities that we provide for our care workers. Anna […]

Entries for the Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon have all sold out, but Caring Together has a small number of places available for fundraisers to take part in the event on Sunday 8 March 2020. You can make an impact by achieving your own personal goal – whether it is to complete you first ever half […]

Survey by Action for Children shows one in five feel stressed or lonely during the holidays, nearly half miss social events Young carers feature on national news as results of the research announced Nearly half (47%) of young carers feel responsible for giving their family a good Christmas, according to a new survey¹ released today […]

Over Surgery and Swavesey Surgery have been awarded the Carer Friendly Tick Health award as a result of to the work they have in place to support people who are carers. With three in five of us likely to be a carer at some stage in our lives, more and more organisations in our communities […]

St Ives Dementia Friendly Community are offering free 45 minutes training sessions for people to become a dementia friends champion. The sessions at the Corn Exchange are free and will help you understand dementia and how to relate well to a person living with dementia. You will be asked to make a small pledge to […]

A Caring Together appeal for people to donate chocolate selection boxes for young carers has seen more than 600 being donated. Caring Together held the appeal with Huntingdon Tesco at Abbots Ripton Road throughout November asking people to buy and donate selection boxes costing £1-£2 for young carers across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. The amount […]

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs three hospitals, has had its outstanding work to identify and support carers recognised by earning the Carer Friendly Tick Health Award. The panel of carers, who assessed the submission from the trust on behalf of Caring Together, were impressed by the range of work being done across […]