Looking after someone - support for carers

Bridgit is a digital tool for carers in Cambridgeshire which brings essential information for carers into one place. Accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Bridgit enables you to create your own self-help support plan, including topics like health, employment, finances, wellbeing and time for yourself.

Caring Together supports carers on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council. This includes peer support groups, information and advice, learning and skills for caring, planning for emergencies, breaks from caring, carer's card and one-to-one support.

Making Space, funded by Cambridgeshire County Council, supports carers who care for adults aged between 18 and 65, living with a mental health condition. Offering carers one to one support, information and advice, peer support and opportunities to connect with other carers through groups and activities.

Carers UK offers practical, financial, health and wellbeing information and guides for carers, which can help you feel more connected and find support. 

You can meet up with other carers online, and get support through a helpline or by email.

Pinpoint supports parent carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with additional needs or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Centre 33 provides support for young carers and young adult carers up to the age of 25 who live in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire’s Local Offer for children and young people 0-25 years with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) and those in alternative provisions and settings.

Caring Together can help you create a plan to ensure adults who you looked after are safe if you have an emergency. Log nominated contacts and back-up support available.