Membership terms and conditions
You will receive a welcome pack with your membership number and a copy of our member
magazine, Caring, currently produced four times a year.
Membership will run for 12 months from the date of joining. We will contact you in advance of
the renewal date to invite you to continue membership of Carers UK.
As a member, you have the right to vote in elections for vacancies on our Board of Trustees
and in relation to motions put forward to our Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary
General Meeting.
All members will adhere to the rules set out in Carers UK's governing document – our
Memorandum and Articles. A copy is available by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Carers UK reserves the right to refuse or terminate membership if the member behaves in a
manner that contravenes Carers UK's code of conduct
Code of Conduct
Carers UK wants everyone who comes into contact with our organisation to be treated in a
friendly and welcoming manner.
Carers UK expects courtesy and co-operation to be shown towards all staff and volunteers at
any Carers UK event, activity or meeting.
Carers UK expects people to act in such a way that Carers UK is not brought into
disrepute.
Abusive or aggressive behaviour towards people working or volunteering for Carers UK or
towards people attending Carers UK events or activites will not be tolerated under any
circumstances.
Carers UK takes a zero tolerance approach to harassment. No-one should be subject to
intimidation or made to feel alarmed or distressed or put in fear of reprisal. Harassment is
a criminal offence. To that end Carers UK adopts a zero tolerance towards all type of
harassment activity.
Harassment may be defined as causing alarm, distress and anxiety and fear of physical
violence or other threat, offensive statements, verbal abuse and threats.
Conduct may include speech, obstruction and so on. As such conduct may involve a criminal
offence the police may be involved and it may be that Carers UK will defer any action
pending the outcome of such investigation and/or prosecution.