Rethink Carer Support - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

We are hiring. We have a 30 hour a week role fixed for one year. Hybrid working with an office base in Huntingdon. For an application form and job description please contact [email protected]

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

It is always welcome to see MH support being brought closer to the people who need it... BUT it is unclear which places across England will benefit,. Crucially, is the funding sufficient and where will the skilled staff come from? MH services are already desparately short-staffed, with many vacancies. Too many.

Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.

05/08/2026

Concert
On 20th June we had a very successful Saturday afternoon concert at Histon Methodist Church. This was the idea of three brilliant musicians who are also members of Rethink Carer Support.
Around 25 of us attended for free and enjoyed an afternoon of music with lots of familiar old tunes and some Gibert and Sullivan. We all joined in when we could – especially when we just had to bang a drum!
It was really good that for a few hours we didn’t have to think of ourselves as carer or cared for. Some whole families attended and that was just fine. People can have a lot going on in their lives – but we were reminded that day that we have plenty of creativity – especially musical – and that it is good to share our skills and give pleasure to others.
Big thanks are due to Matthew, Kathryn and Susan on vocals and with various instruments including piano and keyboards, violin, accordion, and tuba (?), not only for their skills but for having the idea in the first place. Jonathan Wells.

27/07/2026

This is a Cambridgeshire Counnty Coiuncil - Social Sevices initiative, in advance of their tendering for Carer SUpport, which they do every 3 years or so. Caring Together Charity Caring Together Charity is one of the organisations currently providing suport under the current contract to Adults in Cambridge, and will no doubt be also bidding (amonget others) for the new one.

Get involved if you can. It is important that Carers' voices are heard, especially of those people with Mental Health condititions.

If you're an unpaid carer living in Cambridgeshire, here's a great opportunity to give your views on shaping future carers support services in the county.
Cambridgeshire County Council want unpaid carers to have their say across several sessions from September 2026 to March 2027.
- Interested in getting involved? Email [email protected]

25/07/2026

ADHD is real - and employers should be making 'reasonable adjustments' for it - whatever your level in the workplace.

As ADHD diagnoses have risen, have workplaces caught up with the needs of the workforce?