Meet two of our amazing Volunteers: Tom and Kay

27th January 25

Our growing team of volunteers are an integral and highly valued part of Caring Together Charity. Opportunities are many and varied, covering services supporting carers and the people they look after across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. People of all ages choose to volunteer with us, bringing a wide range of experience and skills which are invaluable to our charity and to the people we support.

Meet Tom
Tom is a volunteer on our Norfolk Young Carers Forum which provides young carers and young adult carers with opportunities to raise awareness and make a difference to the issues that affect them and their families. Tom chose to volunteer with the forum because, as a young carer himself, he benefited from its activities, and he wants to help others in similar situations.

Through the forum, young carers can take part in consultations to influence policy makers and join in activities to help build skills and confidence. As a volunteer, Tom supports them to make the most of these opportunities and gets to see the amazing impact they have. Tom’s motivation is the great feeling he gets from knowing that he’s helping young carers to improve their lives.

Meet Kay
Kay is a retired midwife who started volunteering as an assessor for our Carer Friendly Tick Award accreditation after seeing the role advertised on Indeed. She enjoys sharing ideas with the rest of the team and using her previous experience to go through policies and practice against accreditation criteria, helping to ensure that other organisations work towards making their workplaces more carer friendly.

Kay now also volunteers at our Norfolk Young Carers Forum; a totally different role supporting meetings and activities. She was a bit nervous at first but enjoys listening to the young carers putting their voices forward and seeing how their friendships develop by being together. Both volunteering roles fit in well with Kay’s life, and she recently went to an away days for staff and volunteers from across the charity. She said; “it was so welcoming and friendly and lovely to feel part of the team.”

Are you considering volunteering?
Have a look at the opportunities on our website at caringtogether.org/volunteer and do get in touch with our Volunteer Co-ordinator if you have particular skills or experience not listed and feel you have something to offer us, we’d still love to hear from you, please contact us on 0345 241 0954 or email [email protected]