The 2025 Poetry Competition is now closed.
You can read the winning poems here.
For this year’s competition, we invited poems on the theme of 'caring, family and community'.
Our judge this is Cheryl Moskowitz – a writer, poet, creative translator and educator, as well as a former carer.
If you would like to read the winning poems from our previous creative writing competitions, click here.
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Carers urged to respond to government’s call for evidence on Carer’s Allowance
07 July 26
Today (Tuesday 7 July) the Government has launched a call for evidence, inviting unpaid carers and organisations to share their views on how to improve Carer’s Allowance.
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New NHS patient standards are a positive step for carers
03 July 26
Carers UK welcomes the new patient standards published today, which set out what patients and unpaid carers should expect when they, or the person they care for, are referred for planned (non-urgent) NHS care in England.
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Carers Week 2026 at Carers Scotland
24 June 26
The team were hard at work to mark Carers Week in Scotland.
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Unpaid Care in Scotland Reaches £18.3 Billion as Carer Numbers Rise
23 June 26
New figures show 722,000 unpaid carers in Scotland, contributing £18.3bn to the economy as calls grow for better support.
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