At Carers UK, we want everyone to be able to use and understand our website.
We are working towards our website meeting WCAG 2.1 level AA website accessibility standards.
How we’re making our website more accessible
- You can zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen.
- You can skip to the main webpage content when using a screenreader.
- You can navigate most of the website using a screenreader.
- You can navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.
- You can navigate most of the website using a keyboard.
- We’ve made the words used on our website as easy as possible to read and understand.
- We do use some PDFs on this website. Our PDFs are tagged to make them as accessible as possible.
- We caption all our videos. Our videos do not auto play.
- We use alternative text to describe meaningful images and photography to screenreaders.
- We’ve used accessible colour contrast wherever possible.
Making your device easier to use
The UK charity AbilityNet has more information on how to make your computer, tablet or mobile easier to use when browsing the web.
Get in touch
We know that we still have more work to do to make this website as accessible as possible.
If you have a problem using this website, or want to give us feedback, email comms@carersuk.org or call 020 7378 4999.
Latest updates
News
Carers Scotland 60th Anniversary Reception and Exhibition
01 December 25
60 years of campaigning for change for unpaid carers
Press Release
Government confirms benefit increases for 2026-27, including rise in Carer’s Allowance and earnings threshold
28 November 25
Unpaid carers will see an increase in carer-related benefits as part of annual government upratings from April 2026, including Carer’s Allowance.
Press Release
Autumn budget reaction from Carers UK
26 November 25
The Chancellor has earmarked £75 million over the next three years to put right the failures that led to the Carer’s Allowance overpayments scandal. Yesterday’s commitment to reassess cases where averaging of earnings could have reduced overpayments is a vital step towards addressing the injustices carers have faced for far too long.
Press Release
Unprecedented changes for carers as Government responds to Carer’s Allowance overpayments review recommendations
25 November 25
It’s a landmark day today for the carers’ movement now that the Government has responded to the independent review of overpayments by Liz Sayce OBE.
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