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 [email protected] or call 020 7378 4999.
Latest updates
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Press Release
Carers UK responds to King’s Fund report on the ‘no man’s land’ between health and social care
02 June 26
News
BBC Radio Scotland – Caring Matters Week live roadshow
29 May 26
The Carers Scotland team were delighted to take part in BBC Radio's Caring Matters Week in Scotland.
Press Release
Unpaid carers identified and highlighted in Pensions Commission interim report
21 May 26
The report identifies that unpaid carer face "heightened risks of undersaving for retirement" as providing care often "reduces or interrupts paid employment, limits opportunities for progression, and restricts access to workplace pensions."
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