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Carer Positive
The Carer Positive scheme works with employers across Scotland to develop good practice and gain recognition as Carer Positive Employers.
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Employers for Carers
Find out how we ensure that employers have the support to retain and manage employees with caring responsibilities.
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Carer Confident
Find out about the Carer Confident benchmarking scheme and what it can mean for your organisation.
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RNIB seek feedback of blind and partially sighted people
24 July 26
The RNIB are running a survey to gain the feedback of blind and partially sighted people to inform this work and allow us to speak to decision makers.
Press Release
Andy Burnham's appointment as Prime Minister is an opportunity for unpaid carers
20 July 26
Andy Burnham's appointment as Prime Minister offers an important opportunity to improve support for the UK’s 5.8 million unpaid carers
Press Release
Andy Burnham is right to make social care an early priority as the UK's next Prime Minister
17 July 26
In a video posted on Facebook, the incoming Prime Minister speaks to voters in Cardiff city centre and mentions his plans for social care, saying that “if there’s one area I’m going to expend quite a lot of political capital, it’s going to be on social care.”
Press Release
Response to ADASS Spring survey report
15 July 26
Carers UK responds to the publication of the ADASS Spring Survey 2026 today
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