Press releases

Carers Trust receives £400,000 from players of People's Postcode Lottery

This award will transform the support carers receive, providing grants to individual carers and matching donations to kick-start vital projects, amongst other work.

Giles Meyer, Carers Trust CEO, said:

“We are thrilled to be one of the newest charities supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Three in five of us will become carers and anyone can become a carer at any point in their lives. It’s therefore vital that help and support are available when it is most needed.

GCU launches Student Carers Policy during Carers Week

Carers Trust Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) are helping  students balance higher education with unpaid care responsibilities for family and friends to mark Carers Week.

Unpaid carers are undervalued, Carers Week poll shows

Unpaid carers aren’t valued by society, according to a new poll, published today to mark the start of Carers Week 2017.

Carers Trust response to Labour's plans to increase the allowance for unpaid carers

Speaking in response to Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement today that Labour would increase carers allowance by 17%, Gail Scott-Spicer, CEO of Carers Trust, said:

Nation not geared up to care, says Carers Trust

New data from Carers Trust reveals more than half the nation isn't geared up to care for their family or friends, nor have they considered what would happen if they needed to be cared for.