Caring magazine issue 37 – April-July 2025
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough carers magazine issue 28.
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Caring magazine issue 36 – December 2024-March 2025
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough carers magazine issue 28.
Read more...Caring magazine issue 35 – August-November 2024
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough carers magazine issue 28.
Read more...Carer friendly work recognised by awards
Congratulations to all the organisations who have recently achieved our Carer Friendly Tick Award – recognising the work they are doing to identify and support unpaid carers. Three-in-four people who are, or have been, looking after someone don’t recognise themselves as a carer. This is why it is so valuable to have more and more […]
Read more...Give your views in the State of Caring survey
The role of unpaid carers needs to be given much more recognition, and carers should be given more support. The State of Caring survey is an important way for you, as a carer, to have your say on issues that affect you. What is said is then used by Carers UK and others to campaign […]
Read more...Project looking into support for dementia carers
If you are supporting a family member living with dementia you may find yourself experiencing worries or distress. Research is being done into whether online support is helpful in improving your psychological wellbeing. And you can sign up to see if this support is beneficial to you. The research being done by the University of […]
Read more...We’re calling on GP surgeries to spot unpaid carers this Carers Week
We are asking GP surgeries to help unpaid carers get the essential support they need. Carers Week from 10-16 June will raise awareness of unpaid carers. The national campaign aims to ensure more people realise they are a carer, and help them get support. Across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 70,000 people care for a family member or […]
Read more...Caring magazine issue 34 – April-July 2024
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough carers magazine issue 28.
Read more...Important opportunity to give your views on a National Carers Strategy
A cross-party group of MPs and Peers have launched survey to gather the views of unpaid carers and organisations who represent them on their proposal for the UK Government to develop a new National Carers Strategy. The survey is open to current and former unpaid carers, as well as to organisations who support and represent […]
Read more...Alison’s story: “I didn’t think I was a carer, I was just doing a job that any daughter would do.”
Alison has a job and cares for her mum Daphne who is living with Parkinson’s Disease. She explains how juggling work with caring for loved one can be relentless and stressful. 600 people a day leave their job because of the challenges of juggling work with caring for a family member, friend or partner. Unpaid […]
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