Cambridge Regional College is presented with the Carer Friendly Tick Award in Education

The college’s initiative to support young adult carers in education began at the end of 2020 and in June 2021, CRC achieved the Quality Standard in Carer Support accreditation with Carers Federation.

To continue developing the support on offer and ensure that students with caring responsibilities got the best support possible, in 2022 CRC began to seek a second accreditation in collaboration with Caring Together. The college successfully completed the award in June 2023 and was recently handed the accolade on campus!

The Carer Friendly Tick Award is an accreditation, comprising of four key areas: Communities, Education, Employers and Health. The Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education is designed to provide organisations with an emphasis on local and relevant standards which carers feel are necessary to ensure they are easily identified and properly supported within education.

The feedback that CRC received from the young carer judging panel, that reviewed the accreditation application, was outstanding! One of the many great comments received was –

“The young carers who assessed this application were impressed and overwhelmed by the information provided in this application and felt that this was an excellent example which other colleges could learn from. This is just brilliant work and great to see!”

The college will continue to grow and develop the support offer and engage with young adult carers to ensure that they get the best experience possible during their studies at CRC.

If you are a young adult carer, you can get support as well. You only need to email or come down to the college HUB and ask to speak with the Young Adult Carers Lead. More information about the support offer can be found on the college website and on the VLE.