We’re here to make life better for the 5.7 million carers across the UK.
Who is a carer?
A carer is a person of any age who provides unpaid care and support to a family member, friend or neighbour who is disabled, has an illness or long-term condition, or who needs extra help as they grow older.
Why caring matters
Carers are holding families together, enabling those they care for to get the most out of life, making an enormous contribution to society and saving the economy billions of pounds.
Yet many are stretched to the limit – juggling care with work and family life, struggling to make ends meet and often battling with poor health themselves.
You don’t have to care alone
Looking after someone can be a rewarding experience. It can also be tough, lonely and bewildering. But you’re not on your own. Carers UK is here to listen, to give you expert information and guidance, to champion your rights and support you in finding new ways to manage at home, at work, or wherever you are.
Latest updates
Cross-party group of MPs and Peers launch report calling for a new National Carers Strategy
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Carers has published a new report calling for a new and ambitious National Carers…
Carer benefit overpayments ‘scandal’ hits 5,000 people in NI, figures reveal
New data reveals 5,000 carers are being pursued for Carer's Allowance overpayments in NI.
Carers UK respond to NAO letter to Work and Pensions Select Committee re Carers Allowance overpayments
This morning (22 May), the Work and Pensions Select Committee has published a response that the Chair of the…
Carers UK reaction to DWP research and Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations on Carer’s Allowance
Today, the Department for Work and Pensions has published its research on the Experiences of Claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance,…
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