Balancing work with caring is challenging – but flexible working can help. Supported by Barclays LifeSkills, our new “Let’s talk about flexible working” guide has practical information to help you start the conversation with your employer. Click the image to view online, or download using the button below.

New research by Carers UK, released for Carers Rights Day 2025 and sponsored by HSBC, shows that unpaid carers across the UK are facing intense financial pressures and too many are missing out on support. Many carers don’t know where to turn for guidance, struggle to navigate a complex social security system, lack confidence to plan for the long term, putting both their financial security ...

Er mwyn cefnogi gweithwyr iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol proffesiynol yn eu rôl i weithio'n effeithiol ac yn gydgynhyrchiol gyda gofalwyr di-dâl, mae'r prosiect Ymwybyddiaeth o Ofalwyr wedi datblygu adnoddau i gefnogi'r gwaith hwn. Mae'r adnoddau hyn wedi'u hanelu at y rhai sy'n datblygu eu sgiliau ac yn atgoffa'r rhai sy'n gweithio yn y maes ar yr hyn sydd angen ei ystyried i gefnogi perthynas ...

Beth gewch chi allan ohono Mae’n gyfle gwych i gwrdd â phobl newydd, lledaenu’r gair a chael y boddhad o wneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol i fywydau gofalwyr yn yr ardal lle rydych chi’n byw. Byddwch hefyd yn rhan o raglen wirfoddoli flaenllaw Gofalwyr Cymru a byddwn yn eich cefnogi yr holl ffordd. Beth mae'n ei olygu? Byddwch yn cysylltu â llyfrgelloedd, fferyllfeydd, meddygon teulu ...

Whilst we knew how serious his illness was we are still devastated to hear the news that Carers UK co-patron Johnnie Walker MBE has passed away today, on New Years Eve. Johnnie and his wife Tiggy have been co-patrons of Carers UK since our 50 th anniversary year in 2015. Johnnie and Tiggy have generously shared their experiences of caring for each other to help us shape a world where carers ...

In this fifth year of our creative writing competition, we welcomed poems and short stories on all aspects of caring, particularly on the theme of ‘keeping well, keeping connected’. The 2018 competition anthology is available to purchase from our shop. View the results. We were really pleased that Cheryl Moskowitz was able to judge the competition for the fifth year running. Cheryl is a ...

Healthathon This is a day devoted to physical health - at Carers UK we have held lots of different activities across the day online to give you the opportunity to dip in and out, understanding that time for yourself is precious. Below we have included a selection of recorded videos from previous years to choose from.

Michael has been a full-time unpaid carer for his daughter, who has microcephaly (small brain), for over 19 years. Ahead of Carers Rights Day, we spoke to him about his experience of pushing for his right to a carer’s assessment. When Michael was struggling with long Covid while continuing to care for his daughter, he wanted to visit the gym to help rebuild his strength. But his caring ...

Carers Wales is delighted to see this move from the Welsh Government to include all carers with the underlying entitlement to Carers Allowance, as part of the Wales Fuel Support Scheme this winter. Carers Allowance, the lowest UK benefit of its kind, is particularly restrictive in its claim criteria. People who receive the state pension or other overlapping benefits, many who claim Universal ...

Drips in Canon by Val Whitlock The Costa café is crowded when you order cappuccino and a packet of three custard creams. You sit at the only empty table, and stare at snowflakes and bright red letters on the coffee’s lidded cup, which happily declare: ‘Feel Christmassy inside’. ...So here it is, merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun...is playing in the background. Automatically you ...