We’re here to make life better for the 5.7 million carers across the UK.
Who is a carer?
A carer is a person of any age who provides unpaid care and support to a family member, friend or neighbour who is disabled, has an illness or long-term condition, or who needs extra help as they grow older.
Why caring matters
Carers are holding families together, enabling those they care for to get the most out of life, making an enormous contribution to society and saving the economy billions of pounds.
Yet many are stretched to the limit – juggling care with work and family life, struggling to make ends meet and often battling with poor health themselves.
You don’t have to care alone
Looking after someone can be a rewarding experience. It can also be tough, lonely and bewildering. But you’re not on your own. Carers UK is here to listen, to give you expert information and guidance, to champion your rights and support you in finding new ways to manage at home, at work, or wherever you are.
Latest updates
Unpaid carers saving NI’s health service £5.8 billion per year, research shows
New research uncovers the staggering amount of money unpaid carers are saving Northern Ireland's health service each year.
Stress of juggling work and unpaid care for relatives causes thousands of unpaid carers to leave the workplace / Mae straen jyglo gwaith a gofal di-dâl i berthnasau yn achosi i filoedd o ofalwyr di-dâl adael y gweithle
Carers Rights Day 2023: Letter to the Fist Minister / Diwrnod Hawliau Gofalwyr 2023: Llythyr at y Prif Weinidog
Stress of juggling work and unpaid care for relatives causes thousands of unpaid carers to leave the workplace
Caring responsibilities are having a significant impact on people’s capacity to work and earn a full-time wage, research from Carers…
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