Adult Carer Communities

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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!

Diabetes Support

Volunteer within our community group supporting people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and their carers to live well. Opportunity is in Kettering. Commitment 4 hours a month.
Next Steps Workshop - Information and Support volunteer

Volunteer alongside other partners at regular education and advice workshops facilitated by the Memory Assessment teams. The role will be to provide those living with dementia and their Carers with information about the support Northamptonshire Carers can provide.
Support our Memory Hubs

Volunteer within our community group providing a structured and fun programme for those living with dementia and their loved one. Opportunities in Burton Latimer, Corby, Daventry, Northampton, Towcester & Oundle Commitment 3 hour per week
Dementia Activity group

Volunteer within a fun and lively group supporting people to live well with Dementia and their Carers. Opportunity in central Northampton. Commitment 3 hours twice a month.
Pumped Up!

Volunteer within our community group supporting people living with heart failure and their Carers to live well. Opportunites in Towcester and Northampton Commitment 4 hours twice a month.
Community Companions

Volunteer opportunity to befriend a Carer and their loved one in your community by making a regular home visit, providing a Carer with valuable 'me time'. Opportunities countywide. Commitment 2 hour per week between 9am - 9pm Monday - Sunday.
Telephone Companion

Volunteer opportunity to befriend a Carer by regular telephone call, reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation. Home based opportunity Commitment 1 hour per week
Do you have other skills?

The support offered by Northamptonshire Carers is always growing to meet the needs of Carers across our communities. If you feel you have skills that could support our services, ideas for fundraising, or other skills that could offer bespoke support we would be very happy to hear from you.

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.