Caring Together is greatly saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We appreciate all the tremendous work she has done and service she gave to our country over many years. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time. We will continue to be operating our hubs and other support for […]

Caring Together want to see carers given improved rights to leave from work. Many carers face significant challenges trying to juggle work and their caring responsibilities. We spoken to one carer, Kate, to find out more about her views and experiences as a carer. If you had one message to give to the Government around […]

Caring Together support carers of all ages in a range of ways. We were recently delighted to be able to give young carer Ashleigh the opportunity to spend a couple of days doing some work experience with us. Read more about what this involved and how Ashleigh learned more about the work of Caring Together: […]

In a year the Caring Together carer helpline team will speak to carers on more than 14,000 calls. Each of those calls sees our team helping someone looking after a family member or friend. Anna, one of our advisers, sat down to tell us more about how she and the team do this. Connecting with […]

Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and Healthwatch Norfolk are asking if you would like to share your experience of your local Community Nursing Service? Community nursing provides invaluable 24/7 care to people in their own homes, or close to where they live, in clinics and GP practices across every village, town and city in England. They […]

We have called upon MPs to support an upcoming Carer’s Leave Bill which would ease some of the huge pressures on people trying to balance looking after a family member or friend, while also being in paid employment. We support 17,000 carers and their families across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. And last week we wrote […]

The carer council has been created to ensure the voice of carers is heard throughout the work of Caring Together, and further afield. Whatever your role in looking after a family member or friend, we want to hear from you. Caring Together believe that you, as carers, are the experts when it comes to issues […]

It has been announced that carers are being added to the list of people being offered a COVID booster vaccination this autumn. This is in addition to carers also being eligible for a free flu vaccination. If you need support attending your appointment for either of these vaccinations, or any other medical appointment, please do […]

As part of its work, The Centre for Ageing Better provides an age-positive image library. In July they will be photographing people aged over 50 who are looking after a family member or friend. They have hired a professional photographer to travel around England, with shoots scheduled to take place in June. If you’re a […]

Caring Together are delighted to have received a grant from Norfolk Community Foundation which will enable us to do more to support people looking after a family member or friend. The funding from the NHS Charities Together Community Partnership Fund is hugely important given the range of challenges faced by carers at the moment. Since […]