Carers Week

Carers UK started Carers Week to celebrate the contribution carers make to society. Carers Week takes place each year in June and is supported by MPs, celebrities, local stakeholders and thousands of carers across the UK. Carers Week aims to inform carers, often isolated and not in touch with professionals and support organisations, about the huge amount of practical help and help that is available for those people who may be feeling isolated, exhausted or ill as a result of their caring responsibilities. Carers Week 2009 will take place from 8-14 June.

Carers Week is run by a partnership of ten charities :

• Carers UK
• Counsel and Care
• Crossroads Caring for Carers
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• MS Society
• The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
• Help the Hospices
• Independent Age
• The Neurological Alliance
• WRVS