Hello everyone Carers UK has recently launched a new Listening Support Service to provide emotional support to carers. If you would like to talk to someone on the phone who understands the many and varied challenges facing carers, you can request a series of calls from our friendly trained callers. ...

Good morning everyone Below is a link to Carers UK's response to the Governments announcement of its priority list for the COVID-19 booster and annual vaccines. https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campaigns/press-releases/carers-uk-responds-to-covid-19-booster-jab-prioritisation With good wishes Michael

Hello Nicola Thanks for posting about your situation in the Forum. I'm sorry to hear that you have concerns about the management of your mum's finances. If you would like one of Carers UK's helpline advisers to provide you with some advice on this matter, please email advice@carersuk.org with the co...

Thanks for highlighting this point Chris

I've asked one of my colleagues to check if this information relating to Carer's Allowance is on our website.

I'm glad to hear that you've got your Carer's Allowance payments reactivated.

With good wishes

Michael

Good morning everyone and welcome to Carers Week Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contributions that you all make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of themse...

Hello everyone To help raise awareness of Carers Week 2021, please contact your local MP and ask them to publicly recognise unpaid carers and tell them about our new breaks campaign we have launched today! Millions of carers have gone to extraordinary lengths over the past year to look after and sup...

Hello Clare - we were sorry to read that you have been having a tough time recently.

In addition to the helpful responses from other members I have also sent you an email with some further suggestions of support for you.

Wishing you well

Michael

Hello Ray We were sorry to read that your mum passed away last year and that you are concerned that funds from her bank account were misappropriated by your brother. You may find it useful to seek some specialist advice from an organisation called Hourglass (formerly Action on Elder Abuse) - https:/...

Hello Tracy Thank you for posting in the Forum about your situation. We were sorry to read that you and your sister-in-law have been having a challenging time with looking after your mum. In addition to the suggestions from other members, I have also sent you an email with some suggested actions you...

Dear all We’ve launched a new survey for unpaid carers to help us understand carers experiences of health services, support services and breaks during the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey will be open until 25th April and takes 15-20 minutes to complete. The more information you give us, the better we ...