About
Caring Together are a charity supporting unpaid carers of all ages across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. An unpaid carer is anyone, including children and adults, who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, and would struggle to cope without their support.
The charity provides practical support for carers to make their caring role more manageable and less stressful through the following ways:
- Fundraising activities (regulated by the Fundraising Regulator)
- Homecare
- Carers hubs across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Day centres
- Events and trips for adult carers, parent carers and young carers
- Support with planning for emergencies
- Opportunities to learn skills, providing information and advice
- Support with hospital discharge
- Online information and learning
- Helpline/advice line teams
- Counselling service
- Connecting carers befriending project
- Bereavement support when caring ends
Employing around 130 members of staff, with 70 of those being members of their homecare team. This equates to 111 full-time equivalents. Supported by over 60 volunteers who carry out a variety of important roles.
Click here to read their 2022-2023 Annual Report and Accounts.
