Unpaid carer's leave: your right to look after yourself
Caring at home and work is tough I know from my own experience how challenging it can be juggling a busy work life and looking after a family member, in my case my mum at the end of her …
Carers Week 2023: crunching the numbers...
Emily Holzhausen OBE, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK, believes we need to think and plan differently for people with unpaid caring responsibilities. Carers Week is an opportunity to look at the scale of caring responsibilities and consider how to we can create more effective support for carers.
Helping unpaid carers get vaccinated helps us all
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With the winter upon us, it’s more important than ever to protect ourselves and those we care for against COVID-19 and flu and get vaccinated. But how do we increase take-up among unpaid carers, a critical and highly valued group of people? Emily Holzhausen OBE, Carers UK, considers what more we can all do.
Carers Rights Day: an opportunity to do more
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To mark Carers Rights Day, Carers UK has released a new report: Cycles of Caring: transitions in and out of unpaid caring. It’s prompting a rethink of the way we identify carers.
Kindness, caring and coronavirus
Connecting has never meant so much Mental health Awareness Week has taken on a whole new meaning for me during this current pandemic. The theme for this week has been 'kindness matters' which is so important to our mental wellbeing. …
Caring in the time of coronavirus
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Care and support, Carers, Communities, coronavirus, Guidance
Care and NHS colleagues have rightly been celebrated for their amazing dedication, kindness and bravery during this health crisis, but we must show the same appreciation and support for the thousands of unpaid carers across the country. Recently published guidance on GOV.UK is just one part of that...
Supporting carers to prepare for the future
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Care and support, Communities, Information sharing
Last week, unpaid carers and their supporters celebrated Carers Rights Day. Good friend of this blog and tireless campaigner for improved support for unpaid carers, Fatima Khan-Shah, returns with a new post explaining why this day matters. There are 6.5 million carers …
Carers rights: are you missing out?
Did you know there are 6.5 million people across the UK providing unpaid care for sick or disabled family members, friends or neighbours? Many will be missing out on vital practical and financial support which could have consequences for their …
After NCAS: young carers in the spotlight
We’re very grateful to Carers Trust’s Laura Bennett for drafting this blog on the train home from Bournemouth after “an exciting time joining colleagues at NCAS 2017 to share our joint work with Carers UK on Carer Passports.” We were …
NCAS 2017: A passport to support
Workshop: Working together to develop carer friendly communities Wednesday 11 October 12.10 – 1.10 Solent Hall "With an ageing population, and more people living longer with disabilities into older age, attention continues to turn to how we support this positive …