Thanks for setting up this thread bowlingbun. It’s been great to see lots of interaction from members on this thread during the week, highlighting lots of issues relating to the costs of caring and some wider issues such as the sharing of the caring role by family members. As the initial post referr...

Nope STILL NOT working for me. I use an iPad. When I select, " add files" the red button turns blue, but nothing happens :roll: :( The only way I can add a pic is changing to jprosilver, which looks like a photo within the post until I switch to comboot and then it appears as an attachment to open....

Thanks for your additional comments. Great to see some nice photos and Pete's paintings. I've a phone call booked with the IT developer at lunchtime today so will speak to him about the Comboot and jprosilver preferences. As susieq says, our preference would be for all members to use the Comboot ver...

Dear Carers UK members Carers UK's Chairman David Grayson will be coming into the office on Friday 3rd November and has offered to run a question and answer session on the forum from 11.30am to 1.00pm. David will welcoming questions (within this thread) on any aspects of Carers UK's work. I hope man...

Carers UK provides information, support and advice to carers. The information and advice we provide covers a range of subjects relating to caring including: • Benefits and tax credits • Carers employment rights • Carers assessments and how to get support • Services available to carers • How to compl...

Hello Pete. We'll look into this for you and hopefully resolve it soon.

Michael

This Friday, 28th July, Suzette from the Carers UK Adviceline will be answering your questions on all aspects of caring. Suzette would love to hear from you on the day (10.00am to 3.30pm) or you can submit your questions beforehand. Click on the link below to access the thread in Members' Corner and...

Thanks for your post Chris. Over 7,000 carers from across the UK completed our annual State of Caring Survey this year. These people were a mix of Carers UK members and non-members and this was the largest number of respondents we've had since we began running the survey.

Research by Carers UK has found that 4 in 10 (40%) of unpaid carers have not had a break in over one year, while one in four (25%) had not received a single day away from caring in five years. Further information on this research can be found in our press release here: http://www.carersuk.org/news-a...

Hello all. It's been interesting to read your posts in relation to your varying experiences of dealing with social workers. I spoke to colleagues in our Advice and Information team this afternoon and they said you would be very welcome to contact the Adviceline if you have any questions relating to ...