Media invited to Young Carers Celebration and Launch of Film About their Lives Thursday 26 January 6.00-6.30pm, Performing Arts Centre, Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon Carers Trust Cambridgeshire is celebrating Young Carers Awareness Day on Thursday, 26 January by launching a film featuring evocative stories of young carers lives dating back 18 years entitled, The Story so […]
Read more...More than 40 festive hampers were this week delivered to families of young carers in the Huntingdon area supported by Carers Trust Cambridgeshire. This is more than three times the number of hampers delivered last year – thanks to the support of DHL Logistics who collected donations for the hampers from their kind-hearted colleagues, […]
Read more...“Happy Christmas, Ho Ho” these words are currently ringing out in shops , in the street, on the TV everywhere. I too wish you a Merry Christmas, but for thousands of carers Christmas may not be such a happy occasion. Often at this time of year friends/family, workers in the care industry have their own […]
Read more...A new Norfolk Guide to Assessments for Young Carers and their Families, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been launched in Norwich with Norman Lamb MP describing it as ‘fantastic’.
Read more...Cambridgeshire Carers Quarterly Magazine Download the Carers Magazine December 2016-February 2017, Issue 5. View the References for this issue.
Read more...We were inundated with entries for our 2016 Christmas card competition. We invited young people, involved in our Young Carers and Peterborough Siblings projects, to design their own Christmas card. It was a hard decision for our judges to pick the winning designs. Two winning entries went on to be created as part of our […]
Read more...The Young Carers and Young Adult Carers team at Carers Trust Cambridgeshire has been awarded a £10,000 grant from The Big Lottery Celebrate Fund to deliver three exciting projects over the next seven months. This was the maximum amount on offer for groups to hold events or activities to celebrate their local community. The three […]
Read more...We need your votes! Carers Trust Cambridgeshire is calling for the support of the local community to help win funding as part of the Aviva Community Fund 2016. The young carers team are relying on votes to increase their chances of winning funding of up to £25,000 which they hope will allow young carers to […]
Read more...Staff at Carers Trust Cambridgeshire tucked into a tasty brunch for Britain’s Best Breakfast, a national fundraising campaign to promote the UK’s 7 million unpaid care givers. The menu included pastries and bacon sandwiches, samosas and cereal, with calories forgotten about as staff enjoyed their mouth watering meal. Quizzes were also held at the brunch, […]
Read more...The Young Carer Team have launched their year long Intergenerational project, which encourages young carers to buddy with an elderly person. The Intergenerational Project promotes friendships though voluntary work within local care homes. This exciting venture is up and running in three care homes in Huntingdon, St Ives and Ramsey. We are delighted to be […]
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