In 2025, Carers UK’s 60th Anniversary year, Carers Active April is back again! The month-long campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of physical activity for carers and highlight the benefits of moving more. Carers often face a challenging time, and see their own health and wellbeing impacted by their caring responsibilities. Finding ways to improve carers’ health and wellbeing remains crucial and Carers Active April is a chance to kickstart that activity.
Supporting Carers Active April
Get involved by running an activity or spreading the word
We would love organisations across the country to get involved by either organising a physical activity event such as a walk, yoga or dance session for unpaid carers, or you can support the campaign month by sharing information and advice on how to become more active and look after your wellbeing as a carer.
If you've already planned your activity, make sure to let us know about it so that we can spread the word!
Social media toolkit
Our social media toolkit has everything you need to support the Carers Active April campaign on your channels, as well as promoting your own events and activities. Download it to access graphics and suggested copy for your social media.
Resources
We have a range of other helpful resources available:
A logo for you to use in any promotional materials, newsletters or social media posts. Download here.
Download our suggested copy for your newsletter here.
The Carers Active Best Practice Guide is a comprehensive resource for professionals looking to support carers to get active, including advice, activity ideas, resources, case studies and more.
Promote the Carers Active Hub
There are also other ways to support the campaign month, including promoting our Carers Active Hub. The Hub has loads of resources and support for carers to become more active, including:
Why is Carers Active April important?
Around three-quarters of carers do not feel that they are able to do as much physical exercise as they’d like to do and want to know how to build this into their busy lives.
We also know that:
- 48% of carers are inactive, compared to 26% of all adults.
- Nearly 75% of carers don’t feel able to access local sport and leisure spaces.
But physical activity has huge benefits for carers' physical and mental health:
- 73% of carers said that being physically active makes them feel good about themselves.
- 67% of carers said doing a range of physical activities helped them to feel more connected to other people.
- 58% of carers said being active helped them to learn more about the importance of looking after their health.
(Carers UK State of Caring report 2023)
Carers Active April offers an opportunity to make physical activity a habit, alongside resources that can help carers find ways to make exercise work for them.
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