Carers UK is to be the charity partner for the Carers Award category at the 2011 regional awards. Carers UK is a charity set up to help the millions of people who care for family or friends. At some point in our lives every one of us will be involved…

Carers UK has responded to the launch of the final recommendations of the Dilnot Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, and joined other members of the Care & Support Alliance in a joint statement.

In advance of the publication of the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations on care and support funding, 25 members of the Care and Support Alliance - organisations representing older people, those living with disabilities and long-term conditions and their families - have set out the case for reform.

Thirty-five members of the Care and Support Alliance, which is chaired by Carers UK, have written to every MP, calling for action to reform social care. The letter campaign comes ahead of  a report expected next week from The Dilnot Commission on Funding of Care and Support

The results of the first ever research survey  into the impacts on employers and employees of managing caring at a distance, an issue that affects millions of families, are published today (14 June 2011).

More than 80% of unpaid carers are worried about cuts to services, according to new research for Carers Week 2011 (13-19 June). Almost half don’t know how they will cope as the axe falls on some of the vital support they rely on.

Carers UK has joined with other organisations to write to the political party leaders urging reform of the social care system in England.

Carers UK welcomed the recommendations for a new social care law which have been published today by the Law Commission (1).  The recommendations, if adopted by Government, would bring together 60 years of statute into a single piece of legislation, ending years of confusion and differences between local authorities throughout…

New estimates, calculated by charity Carers UK and the University of Leeds, show the care provided by friends and family members to ill, frail or disabled relatives is now worth a staggering £119 billion every year. (1)

Carers UK and Nutricia have joined forces to embark on a mission for good nutrition among the sick and elderly.