To mark Carers Week 2022, we held a week of events to help ‘make caring visible, valued and supported’. Parent/carers were treated to a wellbeing day, young carers were entertained at a private cinema screening, and everyone had the opportunity to tell their story.

Friends and Families now have a beach wheelchair worth £3000 to offer families thanks to a generous grant from Devon County Council and Parent Carer Forum Devon.

Gym manager Adam Domyslawski, from Club Continental in Plymouth, has raised £5182 for Friends and Families by completing a non-stop 12-hour fitness challenge.

It was party time at last for dozens of our children and young adults, who have been more affected than most by the pandemic.

Plymouth-based Friends and Families has announced big plans for the future, following the appointment of the charity’s first ever CEO.