Care for a Cuppa

It's easy to feel isolated when you're caring. Held on Zoom, our online Care for a Cuppa chats offer a space to meet other carers, share experiences and find mutual support. We hold weekly sessions, mostly on Monday afternoons, and a monthly evening session if you can't attend during the daytime. You can find all our upcoming session dates and times below.

We also run sessions for carers in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

October Care for a Cuppa dates

Monday 21 October, 3-4pm - Book here

Monday 28 October, 3-4pm - Book here

 

November Care for a Cuppa dates

Monday 4 November, 11am -12pm - Book here 

Monday 11 November, 3-4pm - Book here

Evening Care for a Cuppa on Thursday 14 November, 7:30-8:30pm 

Come join this evening Care for a Cuppa to meet other carers, share experiences, and find mutual support. Everyone is welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage working carers to join us. Book here

Monday 18 November, 3-4pm - Book here

Carers Rights Day Care for a Cuppa on Thursday 21 November, 3-4pm

On Carers Rights Day we will be holding a special Care for a Cuppa chat where Melanie Crew (Senior Research and Policy Officer), and John Perryman (Policy and Public Affairs Manager) will be joining to talk through Carers UK’s recent research, policy, and campaigning work. Each year, Carers UK carries out a survey of carers to understand the state of caring in the UK and Melanie will be sharing some key findings from the survey as well as discussing the purpose of our research work and how we use survey data. John will be talking through our policy and campaigning work, including how we are working to influence the new Government following the General Election in July. We will then welcome carers to share their thoughts and experiences. Book here

Monday 25 November, 3-4pm - Book here

Norman shares his experience of Care for a Cuppa.

Thank you so much for your support. I just love these sessions. It make me feel part of civilization - otherwise I would be on my own."

(Care for a Cuppa attendee)

 

How to sign up

If you would like to join, please register by clicking the "Book here" option of the session you wish to attend, and you’ll be sent a confirmation email with details on how to join the chat and a Zoom "join meeting" link. The confirmation email is sent one week prior to each session, and you will also receive an email reminder in the morning of the session. Please also check your spam folder. If you have registered during the weekend or during out of office hours, you will receive a confirmation email as soon as possible. You will need to register for each Care for a Cuppa individually.

Before joining Care for a Cuppa, read our guidelines for our online chats here.

All our sessions have automated closed captions from Rev.

 

Interested in more online meetups?

We also run Share and Learn, online sessions for carers where visiting speakers share tips and skills on a range of topics

Check out Share and Learn

Carer roadshows

Carers UK is travelling across England and Wales to meet local carers, share updates on what we’re doing and hear what’s important to you in your area.

We’d love to see you on our travels, so if you’re nearby, come along to one of our events if you can.

Join our roadshows