Our Groups and Support Services for Carers

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2026 Services & Support

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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!

Support in hospitals

There is a carer support serviced based in both Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals. The carer support workers (CSW’s) have developed close links with the hospital staff and are therefore ideally placed to support informal carers, whist the cared for person is in hospital and throughout the discharge process.
Looking for Respite in your Caring Role

Click here to find out more about respite options available to you as an unpaid Carer
Supporting someone in hospital

Click here to find out more about supporting someone in Northampton or Kettering General Hospitals
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.
Carers Assessments

Northamptonshire Carers are commissioned by the North and West Northamptonshire Councils to provide Carer Assessments.
Carer Guide

Visit this page to see the Unpaid Carer Guide for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Carers Service Summary

Look on this page for a summary of the services that we offer to unpaid Carers.
Refer a Carer (Professionals)

Are you working with someone who is 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 refer an unpaid Carer to us for support.
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
Emergency Support

What to do in case of an emergency

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.