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Seeking information about caring over the phone?

Accessing support services and information can be a daunting task, especially for those who don’t use the internet.

This pre-recorded information phone service is free to call on 0800 888 6999. You can listen to information about:

  • help with finances and household costs
  • caring for people with specific health conditions
  • looking after yourself
  • ways to get more help and support.


We also have a downloadable information flyer for you to print off which includes a tear off slip at the bottom to be passed on to family, friends, and neighbours in need of support.

If you know an unpaid carer who doesn’t use the internet, please share our freephone number and print off our information flyer.

Please note that this service provides recorded information and signposting for carers – this is not a helpline or crisis service. Find out more about Carers UK’s Helpline service.

Latest updates

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Half of Wales’ Unpaid Carers Now Cutting Back on Essentials Amid Deepening Crisis / Hanner Gofalwyr Di-dâl Cymru Nawr yn Torri’n Ôl ar Hanfodion yng Nghanol Argyfwng sy’n Dyfnhau
03 November 25
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Carers UK responds to updated Terms of Reference for the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment
30 October 25
We are pleased to see the publication today of a revised Terms of Reference for the Timms Review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and to see the appointment of the co-chairs Dr Clenton Farquarson CBE and Sharon Brennan. 
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Carers Demand Better!
27 October 25
Cares Scotland coordinated the carers block at the Scotland Demands Better march on Saturday.
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Carers UK response: CQC’s annual assessment of the state of health and social care
24 October 25
The CQC’s annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England looks at the quality of care over the past year.

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