Welcome to our new forum, Carers Connect.
We're really pleased to be able to share with you our new online members' forum, Carers Connect, which you can visit by clicking here. Initially this will only be available to existing forum users but will be open to new members very soon.
If you have any feedback, please email membership@carersuk.org
If you need information and advice related to your caring role, our Help and Advice pages cover a range of topics relevant to carers, including financial support, practical help, health, wellbeing and more.
You can also contact our Helpline at advice@carersuk.org
Latest updates
Landmark Bill gains further support ahead of Report stage in Commons
MPs from many different parties are backing a Private Member’s Bill on Carer’s Leave, which would see millions of unpaid…
Carers UK responds to Reimagining Care Commission report
A new report, released by the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care, calls for a National Care Covenant with three actions…
Census 2021 data shows increase in substantial unpaid care in England and Wales
Today the Office for National Statistics has published Census 2021 data about unpaid carers which showed growing intensity of care…
‘Obscene’ impact of poverty on NI’s unpaid carers blasted
New Carer Poverty Commissioned launched to explore the drivers and policy solutions to poverty among unpaid carers in Northern Ireland.
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