EfC members receive the following benefits:
Resources
- Access to our online members’ platform, EfC Digital, containing e-Learning, best practice examples, sample policies and toolkits. The platform is co-branded to reflect your corporate identity.
- Access to the Digital Resource for Carers*, designed to support working carers through a full range of online resources they can access anytime, anywhere. Resources include e-Learning, free access to Jointly (Carers UK’s care co-ordination app), as well as information and support on health & wellbeing, financial planning and understanding carers rights (*via EfC Plus membership level).
- Tailored promotional materials and use of our logo to help promote your EfC membership internally and externally.
Training and Consultancy
- An initial consultation/diagnostic session - to identify where we can best build upon your existing policies and practices or focus on a specific issue you are facing.
- A free annual ‘lunch and learn’ or training session tailored to meet individual requirements. (Further sessions can be arranged).
- A discounted assessment fee for Carer Confident, our employer benchmarking scheme, which you can read more about here.
Events and Networking
- Invitations to Members Networking Events focusing on a current topic.
- Opportunity to be connected with peers who can share their experiences and best practice, specific to your organisation’s objectives.
- Invitations to key Carers UK events, such as the annual Carers Rights Day Parliamentary reception.
Research
- The chance to access new insight surveys (as and when they're released) and topical policy debates.
- Opportunities to participate in national and international research.
Latest updates
Press Release

Carers UK comments on the publication of the NHS 10-year plan
03 July 25
For a long time, we have said that the NHS needs to transform the way it interacts with unpaid carers.…
Press Release

Carers UK responds to Government change to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
01 July 25
During today's debate on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, the Minister for Social Security and Welfare, Sir…
News

Full Time Caring: A Journey in Mastering Mindfulness - Part 2
30 June 25
To mark Carers UK's 60th Anniversary in Scotland, we are using our platform to share the stories of carers across…
Press Release

Carers call on MPs to protect future carers’ benefits as they prepare to vote on the Government’s welfare bill
30 June 25
Politicians are being asked to show their support for unpaid carers ahead of the second reading of the Universal Credit…
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