The 2025 Poetry Competition is now closed.
You can read the winning poems here.
For this year’s competition, we invited poems on the theme of 'caring, family and community'.
Our judge this is Cheryl Moskowitz – a writer, poet, creative translator and educator, as well as a former carer.
If you would like to read the winning poems from our previous creative writing competitions, click here.
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Scotland’s National Carer Organisations launch election manifesto
07 November 25
Carers Scotland and the National Carer Organisations have launched a Carers Manifesto ahead on the 2026 Scottish Election.
Press Release
Carers UK marks 60 years of the carers’ movement and women’s leadership at Mary Webster Lecture
05 November 25
Carers UK marked a significant milestone in its 60th anniversary year with the final event in its national Mary Webster Lecture series, a powerful celebration of six decades of progress in recognising and supporting unpaid carers across the UK.
Press Release
Carers UK response: Publication of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working Review
05 November 25
The report highlights the Department for Work and Pensions recent estimate that the cost to the economy of unpaid carers being out of paid work is a staggering £37 billion a year
Press Release
Half of Wales’ Unpaid Carers Now Cutting Back on Essentials Amid Deepening Crisis / Hanner Gofalwyr Di-dâl Cymru Nawr yn Torri’n Ôl ar Hanfodion yng Nghanol Argyfwng sy’n Dyfnhau
03 November 25
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