Former Carers

A Former Carer is someone who through bereavement has lost the person they cared for.

As well as coping with the loss of the person you have cared for, you may also be in a caring role for someone else., and struggling to find the time to grieve.

Click here to find out about the Support available to you

Latest

Carer One Stop Shop. One Angel Square. Every other Tuesday.

Every other Tuesday meet us at One Angel Square, Northampton where we are holding a One Stop Shop, you can receive advice on your Caring role, signposting and information. A private pod provides a safe space to talk to our Carer Support Worker. From 10am to 2pm.
Summer Fete

Everyone is welcome to our Summer Fete! Friday 21st August from 12 noon to 3pm. Carers, grandmas, uncles, children, grandchildren, mums, dads, guardians, neighbour's, teenagers and friends. Join in with our arts and crafts table, cakes, tea and coffee and treats for sale. We have a VR Headset experience room, bric-a-brac stall and much, much, more! Can't wait to see you at 123 Midland Road, Wellingborough.
Mark Major MBE

Mark Major MBE - A remarkable journey with Northamptonshire Carers
Carers Week 2026

Find out more about Carers Week in 2026, Monday 8th to Sunday 14th June. We've got a lot of events running - come along and see us! Whether you're a Carer we've not met yet, or a Carer we already know. Everybody is welcome!

Supporting someone in hospital

Click here to find out more about supporting someone in Northampton or Kettering General Hospitals
Supporting someone in Palliative (End of Life) Care

End-of-Life or Palliative Carers are Carers who are lovingly supporting someone receiving care focused on comfort, peace and dignity, rather than curing illness.
Newly Bereaved Carers

Someone who has recently gone through the loss of a person they cared for
Adult Carers & Young Adult Carers

Click here to find out more about Adult Carers and Young Adult Carers
Kinship Carers

Click here to find out about Kinship Carers
Parent Carers

A Parent Carer is someone who has the parental responsibility to provide care to a child (under the age of 25) with a special educational need or disability (SEND) or a long term physical or mental health condition.

Health Service Referrals

Are you referring yourself - or a patient - into one of our long term health condition support teams? If so, use this page for referring people into: Ageing Well; Pumped Up; Diabetes; Breathing Space; SPRING
Thank you for your referral
Support line

Our Carers Support Line provides a confidential service to support the needs of Adult and Young Carers, including Parent Carers. The service can be accessed by Carers, professionals or anyone with a Carer related enquiry or issue.
Register as a Carer

Are you, or is someone you know, an unpaid Carer? "Anyone, including children and adults, who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid " Use this webpage to register yourself or someone else.
Role of ROCKET and RESTART

Respiratory Therapy Acute Response Team (RESTART) is a team of nurses and physiotherapists who provide care for patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). They support early discharge of patients with COPD and also run the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme.
Social Prescribing in Northamptonshire

Welcome to the Spring - Social Prescribing Team here at Northamptonshire Carers
Care At Home

Find out more about our new private Care at Home service
Community Companions

Community Companions gives a break to those who have a caring responsibility for a husband, wife, partner, parent, relative or friend. Visits take the form of befriending and involve meeting the same person in their own home.
Carer Guide

Visit this page to see the Unpaid Carer Guide for Northamptonshire
Mission statement

We've been supporting Carers in Northamptonshire since 1992.