Different kinds of support are available to you, depending on your situation and what type of help you need.
If you need to request help for yourself or someone else due to coronavirus, please complete this online help request form.
If you need help or support that could be safely provided by volunteers, or you want to volunteer to help, contact your local ward group – see below for their contact details.
If you can shop for yourself but are facing financial difficulties due to coronavirus and are unable to pay for food or other necessities, help is available from Cambridge Foodbank or Cambridge Sustainable Food.
If you are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, read our information for homeless people. You can also contact the Cambridge Street Outreach Team.
If you live in East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire or South Cambridgeshire, check the county council’s coronavirus support directory.
Always follow the government’s coronavirus guidance and the NHS’s coronavirus guidance. Contact the police online if you need to report something, or phone 999 in an emergency or 101.
Ward groups
Local groups are coordinating volunteers in every ward of the city, to provide neighbourly help and support during the coronavirus outbreak.
Check our ward map if you’re not sure which ward you live in.
Abbey
- Visit Abbey People
- Email info@abbeypeople.org.uk
- Phone 07526 761368
- Follow Abbey People on Facebook
- Link councillor: Haf Davies
Arbury
- Email communityresponse@arburyroadbaptist.org
- Link councillor: Carina O’Reilly
Castle
- Visit Castle Covid Support Association
- Phone 01223 750190
- Link councillor: Cheney Payne
Cherry Hinton
- Visit What Will Help? Cherry Hinton or St Andrew’s Church
- Phone St Andrew’s Church on 01223 242954
- Link councillor: Russ McPherson
Coleridge
- Visit Coleridge Community Forum
- Email coleridgecovaid@gmail.com
- Phone 01223 641021
- Link councillor: Rosy Moore
East Chesterton
- Email eastchesterton.mutualaid@gmail.com
- Phone 07908 458034
- Link councillor: Gerri Bird
King’s Hedges
- Email covid19kingshedges@gmail.com
- Phone 07764 613862
- Link councillor: Alex Collis
Market
- Email marketwardaid@gmail.com
- Follow Cambridge Market Ward C19 Mutual Aid on Facebook
- Link councillor: Katie Porrer
Newnham
- Email sec.nnra@gmail.com if you’re north of Barton Road
- Email newnhamcroft.ra@gmail.com if you’re south of Barton Road
- Link councillors: Rod Cantrill and Lucy Nethsingha
Petersfield
- Visit Petersfield COVID-19 Network
- Email petersfieldma@romseymill.org
- Phone 07933 671101
- Link councillor: Mike Davey
Queen Edith’s
- Visit Queen Edith’s Community Forum
- Phone 01223 641012
- Link councillors: Colin McGerty and Amanda Taylor
Romsey
- Visit Over Mill Road Bridge
- Email romsey.covid@gmail.com
- Phone or text 07908 466257, or phone 01223 750170, at any time
- Link councillor: Dave Baigent
Trumpington
- Visit Trumpington Covid-19 Network
- Email hello@trumpington.info
- Phone 07769 210795
- Link councillors: Barbara Ashwood and Katie Thornburrow
West Chesterton
- Visit Chesterton Community Association
- Email mutual.west.chesterton@gmail.com
- Phone 07593 354560
- Link councillors: James Dalzell and Mike Sargeant
