Do you care for someone with autism? Is going to the doctor or being admitted to hospital a worrying experience for them? You are being invited to a ‘Hear Me, See Me’ listening session for autistic adults in the East of England which includes Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. The online Zoom session takes place on Wednesday […]
Read more...Sibs, the charity for brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults, has an exciting new Sibling Respite project. The project is for siblings aged 18 or over who are carers for their brother or sister who is autistic. The project offers carers who lives in the UK an opportunity to meet others, share experiences […]
Read more...At Caring Together our homecare and support to help people with care needs access the community is a vitally important part of what we do. We know if you are caring for a family member or friend choosing the right care that supports your family is of the upmost importance. Jane who cares for her […]
Read more...Staff from a community paediatrics team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award (Health), in recognition of their work to identify and support unpaid carers. The team in Peterborough is an out-patients and community service, providing support to children, young people and their families who […]
Read more...Do you care for someone with a learning disability? The national NHS Knowledge and Library Services team has worked with people with lived experience to produce two, new, easy read guides for people with learning disabilities. Regardless of their abilities, anyone can have problems understanding and accessing health information. This could include information about medication, […]
Read more...Rose Waite Studio are looking for people who care for a family member to feature in a documentary-style advert for a well-known brand. You can be caring for a sibling, caring for a parent, or caring for a spouse. This paid opportunity is open to carers aged 18 and over based in the UK. If […]
Read more...At Caring Together we support people looking after family members or friends in a wide range of ways, from providing a home care service to being there to support them at a difficult time. Fulltime carer, Janice talks about how our support with taking her husband to a hospital appointment has made a huge difference […]
Read more...Norfolk and Waveney ICS is a new partnership of local health and care organisations working to improve the health, wellbeing and care of people living in Norfolk and Waveney. As part of the new partnership a Digital Transformation Roadmap is being developed. Digital transformation is about making step-change improvements of operations and services using digital […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
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