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Your support can make a real difference to someone’s life

Every day, people across Cambridgeshire turn to Care Network for practical help, emotional support and connection when they need it most. Your support helps us be there for them – helping people stay independent, feel supported and connected through life’s challenges. Whether you choose to support a particular area of our work or Care Network as a whole, every contribution helps us support more people and strengthen communities across Cambridgeshire.

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HELP US MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE’S LIVES

choose how you make a difference

There are many ways to support Care Network Cambridgeshire. You can donate directly to Help at Home, RISE or Community Support, make a general donation to support our work wherever it is needed, or raise money for us simply through the things you already do.

You can make a one-off or regular donation online, give by text, support us when you shop online through Easyfundraising, or take part in the Cambridgeshire Community Lottery. However you choose to help, your support enables us to reach more people, strengthen communities and continue making a difference across Cambridgeshire.

Ways to donate

CHOOSE THE WAY THAT bEST WORKS FOR yoU

Whether you’d like to make a one-off donation or give a little regularly, every contribution helps Care Network Cambridgeshire continue supporting people and communities across the county.

Care Network Cambridgeshire - Help at Home

Donate to Help at Home

Help someone stay safe and independent at home

For someone returning home from hospital or going through a difficult period, practical support can make an enormous difference. Help at Home helps people manage everyday life and remain safe and independent in their own homes and communities.

Your donation can help provide the practical support and everyday essentials that make life at home more manageable, helping people regain confidence and independence. Support can range from helping someone settle safely back home after hospital to collecting prescriptions, helping with grocery shopping or completing essential paperwork.

Donate to Help at Home and help someone stay safe, confident and independent at home.

Care Network Cambridgeshire - RISE mental health

Donate to RISE

Help someone find their way forward

When life feels difficult or overwhelming, having someone there to listen and provide the right support can make a real difference. RISE provides short-term, one-to-one practical and emotional support to help people regain stability and confidence, improve their wellbeing and take positive steps forward before problems reach crisis point.

Your donation can help people experiencing low mood, isolation, mental health challenges or difficult circumstances access the support and connections they need to feel less alone, rebuild confidence and reconnect with their community.

Donate to RISE and help someone find the support, confidence and connections they need to move forward.

Donate to community support

Donate to Community Support

Building connections that last

Strong communities can make an enormous difference to people’s lives. Community Support works alongside local people, volunteers, community groups and organisations to build stronger connections, respond to local needs and help communities develop the support and opportunities that matter to them.

Your donation can help strengthen community-led support, volunteering and local networks that reduce isolation, help people stay connected and enable communities to support one another – creating an impact that can continue long after Care Network’s direct involvement ends.

Donate to Community Support and help build stronger, more connected communities across Cambridgeshire.

Donate online or by text

Donate Online or by Text

Support Care Network wherever your donation is needed most

Make a one-off or regular donation to support our work across Cambridgeshire, helping people stay independent, build confidence and remain connected to their communities.

Donate online

Make a quick, easy and secure one-off donation, or choose to give regularly and help us be there for local people throughout the year. Donate online

Donate by text

For a quick £5 or £10 donation:

£5 – text CNC2023 to 70970
£10 – text CNC2023 to 70191

Your donation will be added to your mobile bill or deducted from your credit, along with your standard network message charge.

Donate while you shop

Free donations for Care Network

Support us while you shop

Turn your everyday online shopping into free donations for Care Network.

Shop with more than 8,000 participating retailers through Easyfundraising and the retailer will make a donation to Care Network when you make an eligible purchase – at no extra cost to you.

Simply sign up, choose Care Network as your cause and shop through the Easyfundraising website or app. You can also install the Donation Reminder, which lets you know when a donation is available while you’re shopping online.

It’s an easy way to support Care Network through the shopping you already do.

Sign up quickly and easily here.

Donate via the Lottery

Play the lottery and support Care Network

Support Care Network for just £1 a week – with the chance to win too.

The Cambridgeshire Community Lottery is a weekly lottery that raises money for local good causes. Tickets cost £1 per week, with a top prize of £25,000, and 60p from every £1 ticket goes to good causes across Cambridgeshire.

To support us, visit the Cambridgeshire Community Lottery, choose Play, search for Care Network as your good cause and follow the instructions to buy your tickets.

Play the lottery, support Care Network and help make a difference in your local community.

Play and support Care Network

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Make your donation worth 25% more – AT no extra cost to you

Make YOur donation go further with Gift Aid

If you’re a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid can increase the value of your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. For every £1 you donate, Care Network Cambridgeshire can claim an additional 25p from HMRC, helping your support go even further.

Simply complete our Gift Aid declaration when you donate, or download and return our Gift Aid form. It only takes a few moments and means we can make even more of your generosity.

Online, text and other eligible donations may be processed and administered by the National Funding Scheme, operating as DONATE, a registered charity in England and Wales (1149800) and Scotland (SC045106). Text donations are subject to your standard network message charge. For full Terms & Conditions, please visit the DONATE website.

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LEAVE A GIFT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE fOR GENERATIONS TO COME

YOUR LEGACY COULD BECOME SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFELINE

Care Network Cambridgeshire - leave a legacy gift in your Will

A gift in your will to Care Network Cambridgeshire is a lasting way to help local people remain independent, connected and supported through life’s challenges.

Whatever the size of your gift, your kindness can help ensure Care Network is here for future generations – providing practical and emotional support, strengthening communities and helping people when they need us most.

40 YEARS OF CARING – anD A FUTURE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE

For 40 years, Care Network Cambridgeshire has been there for local people. What began as a community response to people needing support has grown into a charity that supports thousands of people and works alongside communities across Cambridgeshire.

Much has changed during those four decades, but our commitment to being there when people need us has remained at the heart of what we do.

A gift in your will can help that work continue long into the future, helping us support people directly while strengthening the communities and connections around them.

HOW TO LEAVE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL  

Leaving a gift to Care Network Cambridgeshire doesn’t have to be complicated. If you are making or updating your will, we recommend speaking to a solicitor or professional will writer who can make sure your wishes are recorded correctly.

If you decide to remember Care Network Cambridgeshire in your will, you will need the following details:

Care Network Cambridgeshire
18 Broadway House
149–151 St Neots Road
Hardwick
Cambridgeshire
CB23 7QJ

Registered charity number: 1120693

If you would like to talk to us before making your decision, please get in touch. We’ll be happy to answer any questions about Care Network and our work, with absolutely no obligation.

Your kindness today could help Care Network be there for generations to come.

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