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Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No. 7697170. Registered office: Carers Trust, Unit 101, 164-180 Union Street, London SE1 0LH.

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  • What We Do
    • What We Do
    • My Mental Health – Video and Toolkit
    • Our survey on the impact of Coronavirus on young carers and young adult carers
    • Around the UK
      • Around the UK
      • Our work in Northern Ireland
      • Our work in Scotland
        • Our work in Scotland
        • Fundraising for Carers Trust Scotland
        • College and university work in Scotland
          • College and university work in Scotland
          • Going Further for Student Carers: Recognition Award
          • Going Higher for Student Carers: Recognition Award
          • Resources for College and University Staff (Supporting Student Carers)
          • Student Carer Research
          • Student Carer Resources for College and University
        • Coronavirus in Scotland what unpaid carers need to know
          • Coronavirus in Scotland what unpaid carers need to know
          • Coronavirus vaccine in Scotland - what unpaid carers need to know
        • Network Partners in Scotland
          • Network Partners in Scotland
          • Support services
        • Policy and Strategic Influencing in Scotland
          • Policy and Strategic Influencing in Scotland
          • Cross Party Group on Unpaid Carers
          • Freedom of Information on Adult Carers Support Plans and Young Carer Statements
          • National Carer Organisations in Scotland
          • Policy consultations and responses in Scotland
          • Triangle of Care: supporting carers of people experiencing mental health problems in Scotland
          • COVID 19 in Scotland
          • Mental health strategic influencing in Scotland
        • Young carer and young adult carer work in Scotland
          • Young carer and young adult carer work in Scotland
          • Erin: Reflection of my internship experience
          • Primary and secondary education in Scotland
          • Ruth: Raising the voice of young carers
          • Scottish Young Carers Services Alliance
          • Together European Partnership Project
          • Youth Adult Carer Advisory Group
          • Scottish Young Carers Festival
            • Scottish Young Carers Festival
            • Best of the Fest!
            • Scottish Young Carers Festival 2021
            • To anyone who wants to become a Media Ambassador, DO IT!
          • Scottish Youth Parliament
            • Scottish Youth Parliament
            • SYP73 Blog
          • Young carer and young adult carer Coronavirus research
            • Young carer and young adult carer Coronavirus research
            • Steep decline in mental health of Scottish young carers following Coronavirus outbreak
      • Our work in Wales
        • Our work in Wales
        • Carer Aware Project
          • Carer Aware Project
          • Keep in Touch
          • News
          • Resources
          • Resources for carers
          • Training & Events
          • What is Carer Aware?
          • Learn about carers' rights
          • Resources for community pharmacies
        • COVID-19
          • COVID-19
          • Getting the best from your pharmacy team during COVID-19
          • Supporting young carers through the pandemic
        • Fundraising and grants
          • Fundraising and grants
          • Fundraising for Carers Trust Wales
        • Policy and influence
          • Policy and influence
          • Strategic influencing
          • Carers of people with dementia
          • National Engagement Group for Carers
          • A new vision for respite and short breaks in Wales
          • Gweledigaeth newydd ar gyfer seibiannau a gwyliau byr yng Nghymru
          • Lunch and Learn series
          • Research into unpaid carers in Wales who are from an ethnic minority
          • Policy, Research and Engagement
        • Prosiect Ymwybyddiaeth o Gofalwyr
          • Prosiect Ymwybyddiaeth o Gofalwyr
          • Adnoddau
          • Adnoddau ar gyfer gofalwyr
          • Beth yw'r Prosiect Ymwybyddiaeth o Gofalwyr?
          • Cadwch mewn Cysylltiad
          • Hyfforddiant a Digwyddiadau
          • Newyddion
          • Adnoddau ar gyfer fferyllfeydd cymunedol 
          • Dysgwch am hawliau gofalwyr
        • The Network
        • Young carers and education
          • Young carers and education
          • Carers Trust Wales Youth Council
          • The Young Carers ID Card
    • Campaigning for change
      • Campaigning for change
      • Young Carers Action Day
        • Young Carers Action Day
        • Young Carers Action Day 2022
          • Young Carers Action Day 2022
          • Resources for social media
          • Resources for social media - Welsh
          • My Young Carers Action Day 2022
            • Create x YCAD
            • Isolation - by George Somers
            • My Young Carers Action Day 2022
            • Rachael’s story
            • Remember This by George Somers
            • Repressure by George Somers
            • Rosario's story
            • The Brooklyn Brothers x YCAD
            • Trafford Carers x YCAD
            • YCAD animation by Megan Willet
          • Young Carers Action Day 2022 resources
      • Carers Week 2022
      • Our campaign successes
      • Policies we have influenced
      • Take action with Carers Trust campaigns
      • All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
        • All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
        • MPs make pledge to support young carers and young adult carers during Coronavirus crisis
      • Our social care campaign
        • Our social care campaign
        • Carers Trust recommendations for the UK Government 2020
        • Carers Trust Social Care Survey 2020
        • Get involved with our social care campaign
      • Previous campaigns
        • Previous campaigns
        • Care for me too
      • Young Carers' Futures Hub
        • 10 tips for starting a career in the Film and TV industry
        • Digital Design Blog
        • Employment
        • Interview Tips
        • Involvement
        • Job club
        • Mariam's story
        • Resources - Young Carers Futures
        • Shelley Portet's story
        • Show your value - transferrable skills for Young Adult Carers
        • Stuart Frank's story
        • The Mix – Support and information for young carers
        • Top Tips for Excellent Soft Skills When Employed in a Customer Facing Role
        • Top Tips for young adult carers starting work
        • Training
        • Unleash your potential and highlight your caring role in an interview
        • What you need to know when writing a CV 
        • Young Carers' Futures Hub
    • Carers' stories
      • Amanda's story
      • Ayisha's story
      • Bailey's story
      • Bethany's story
      • Bhavna's Story 
      • Brian and Audrey
      • Carers' stories
      • Claire's story
      • Colin's story
      • Courtney's story
      • Desmond's story
      • Ella's story
      • Frank's story
      • Grace and Amanda's Story
      • Hayley's Story
      • How caring affects a carer's mental health
      • Ibrahim's story
      • James's story
      • Julia's story
      • Justin's story
      • Lily's story
      • Lisa's story
      • Lottie's story
      • Lynne's story
      • Megan's story
      • Mel's story
      • Melanie's story
      • Naiya's story
      • Nasr's story
      • Nicki's story
      • Parvati's story
      • Rebecca's story
      • Rebekah's story
      • Rosie's story
      • Storm's story
      • Sue's story
      • Talya's story
      • Zadie's story
      • ‘Life, Loss, Learning, Legacy Project (4Ls) - Carers Stories
        • Blossoming
        • Live Fast, It Doesn't Last
        • Making a Commitment
        • My Maureen, My Rock
        • Standing on Kate's Shoulders
        • The Ballad Of Audrey and Brian
        • The First and Last Dance
        • Three Days That Changed Our Lives Forever
        • ‘A Lifetime of Care for Rosie.’
        • ‘Life, Loss, Learning, Legacy Project (4Ls) - Carers Stories
    • Making Carers Count
      • Making Carers Count
      • Making Carers Count - Adult carers from under-represented groups
      • Making Carers Count - Young carers and young adult carers
    • Partnership working
      • Partnership working
      • Disabled Children's Partnership
      • Health and Wellbeing Alliance
  • Help & Info
    • Help & Info
    • Money and benefits
      • Money and benefits
      • Benefits and money - where to get help and advice
      • Benefits calculator
      • Carer's Allowance
      • Carer's Credit
      • Emergency financial support
      • Grants and discounts
        • Grants and discounts
        • Benevolent funds
        • CarerSmart
        • Charities that support carers
        • Elizabeth Finn Fund (Turn2Us)
        • Free and discounted TV licences
      • Health and care costs
        • Health and care costs
        • Healthy start
        • Help with health costs
        • NHS funded intermediate care
        • NHS funded nursing care
      • Housing and heating costs
        • Housing and heating costs
        • Extra help from energy suppliers
        • Help heating your home
    • Carer services near you
    • More carer services near you
    • Chat to carers online
    • Getting support if you are a young carer or young adult carer
      • Getting support if you are a young carer or young adult carer
      • Information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) for young carers and young adult carers
      • Young Carer Grant in Scotland
    • Carer's assessment
      • Carer's assessment
      • What does a carer's assessment cover?
      • Who can have a carer's assessment?
    • Caring for someone with a specific condition
      • Caring for someone with a specific condition
      • Caring for someone with a learning disability
      • Caring for someone with alcohol or substance misuse issues
      • Caring for someone with a mental health problem
        • Caring for someone with a mental health problem
        • Caring for someone with an eating disorder
        • Caring for someone with suicidal thoughts
        • If you have been affected by suicide
      • Caring for someone with dementia
        • Caring for someone with dementia
        • Online training for people caring for someone with dementia
    • Getting a break
      • Getting a break
      • Help with tasks at home such as gardening and cleaning
      • Holidays
      • Paying for respite
      • Sitting and befriending services
      • Understanding social care terminology
      • Care homes
        • Care homes
        • Caring for someone who is in a care home
        • Choosing a care home
        • Paying for a care home
      • Paid help at home
        • Paid help at home
        • Checking your care provider meets quality standards
        • Employing a personal assistant
        • Ending a care support agreement
        • Getting an annual review of the support you need from your care provider
        • How your support package will be developed
        • Reassure yourself about the care support staff who will be supporting you in the home
        • The cost of paid care at home and what is covered
    • Health and wellbeing
      • Health and wellbeing
      • Equipment, adaptations and telecare
      • Pharmacies and medicines
      • Relationships with your partner, family and friends
      • Tackling loneliness
      • Emergencies
        • Emergencies
        • Emergency schemes for carers
        • Pet care in an emergency
      • Guidance on Coronavirus
        • Guidance on Coronavirus
        • Coping as a carer during Coronavirus, a personal take
        • Coronavirus vaccine FAQs for unpaid carers in England
      • Taking care of yourself
        • Taking care of yourself
        • Counselling for carers
        • Dental care
        • Flu vaccine
        • Free NHS health check
        • Healthy eating
        • Help when a carer has to go into hospital
        • Reducing stress
        • Support if you are having sleep problems
        • Taking care of your back
        • Time to think about you
      • When caring ends
        • When caring ends
        • Coping with grief
    • How your school can support young carers
      • How your school can support young carers
      • Young Carers in Schools
    • Legal and rights
      • Legal and rights
      • Avoiding scams and fraud
      • Helping someone else manage their money
      • Know your Rights - Support for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers in England
      • Making a will
      • Managing someone else's affairs
      • Carers and the law
        • Carers and the law
        • Policy and legislation in Scotland
        • The Care Act (2014)
        • The Children and Families Act 2014
        • The Equality Act 2010
        • Your human rights - a guide for carers
      • Complaints and advocacy
        • Complaints and advocacy
        • Advocacy and getting help with complaints
        • NHS and healthcare complaints
        • Social care, care home or paid care worker complaints
        • Social care, care home or paid care worker complaints
    • Out and about
      • Out and about
      • Accessible toilets
      • Blue Badge Parking Scheme
      • Community transport
      • Days out
      • Free entry for carers to visitor attractions
      • Libraries and carers
      • The Motability Scheme
      • Travelling with equipment and medicine
      • Public transport
        • Public transport
        • Buses
        • Coaches
        • Trains
      • Shopping
        • Shopping
        • Online shopping
    • Working and learning
      • Working and learning
      • How employers can support carers
      • Volunteering
      • Finding paid work
        • Finding paid work
        • A guide to getting into work for young adult carers
        • Applying for a job
        • Gaining experience
        • Help from Jobcentre Plus
        • Interviews
        • Talking to the person you care for about your new job
      • Studying and training
        • Studying and training
        • Free online courses for carers
        • Help if English is not your first language
      • Support for working carers
        • Support for working carers
        • Dealing with change when you are working
        • Flexible working
        • Taking time off in an emergency
        • Talking about your caring role at work
      • The Working for Carers Project
        • The Working for Carers Project
        • Going back to work, stories from carers
          • Going back to work, stories from carers
          • Helping Andrew with on-the-job training
          • Helping Angela go on a chaplaincy course
          • Helping Arjun get experience volunteering
          • Helping Christine to use her caring skills
          • Helping Farshid with English lessons
          • Helping Harini gain in confidence
          • Helping Helena with job searching
          • Helping Jane become self employed
          • Helping Janet with interview skills
          • Helping Jeremy update his IT skills
          • Helping Kirsten juggle work and caring
          • Helping Lauren to go on a counselling course
          • Helping Mary get a job as a care assistant
          • Helping Peter get the right qualifications
          • Helping Simon volunteer
          • Helping Suzanne identify her transferable skills
          • How Working for Carers helped Alex
          • How Working for Carers helped Malcolm
          • How Working for Carers supported Gyro back into teaching
          • Setting Tanya on a new path to working as a security officer
          • Supporting Heather back to work
          • Supporting Louise back to college
        • Contact Working for Carers
        • How Working for Carers is making a difference
        • Working for Carers resources
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • About Carers Trust
    • Annual reviews and accounts
    • History of Carers Trust
    • Meet the team
    • About caring
      • About caring
      • About young adult carers
      • About young carers
    • Our network
      • Our network
      • Joining the Carers Trust Network
    • We Care
      • We Care
      • Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on young carers
      • Supporting carers through the Coronavirus crisis
    • Working at Carers Trust
      • Working at Carers Trust
      • Our culture and values
      • Our induction
      • Staff benefits
      • Volunteering at Carers Trust
      • Job opportunities at Carers Trust
        • Job opportunities at Carers Trust
        • Volunteer member of the Carers Trust Readers Panel
  • Support Us
    • Support Us
    • Our new Respite Fund for unpaid carers
      • Our new Respite Fund for unpaid carers
      • A Message from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
      • How can I get support from the HRH Princess Royal Respite Fund for Carers?
      • Respite breaks making a difference
    • Philanthropy and Partnerships
      • Philanthropy and Partnerships
      • Company support
        • Company support
        • Become a commercial partner
        • Become a corporate partner
        • Donations, grants and sponsorships
        • Employee volunteering
        • Gift in kind
        • Payroll giving
        • Strategic partnerships
        • Meeting basic needs with a Carers Trust grant
        • Our current partnerships
          • Our current partnerships
          • Bloom & Wild
          • People's Postcode Lottery
          • The Quilter Foundation
          • The Rank Group Plc
      • Make a major gift
        • Give a major gift
        • Pears Foundation
        • Our royal President lends her support
      • Trusts and foundations
      • Manchester to Melbourne
      • Manchester to Melbourne for Carers
      • Meet the Fundraising team
    • Run for Carers Trust
      • Run for Carers Trust
      • ASICS London 10km
      • Bath Half Marathon
      • Edinburgh Marathon
      • Local Events
      • Manchester Half Marathon
      • Royal Parks Half Marathon
      • TCS London Marathon 2022
      • TCS London Marathon application form
      • Wales Half Marathon
    • Ways to raise
      • Take part in an event
        • Take part in an event
        • Carers Trust Christmas Concert
        • National Garden Scheme
          • National Garden Scheme
          • 25 year anniversary
      • Facebook Fundraising
      • Fundraising Ideas
      • Shop to donate
      • Ways to raise
      • Holding your own event
        • Holding your own event
        • Tips for raising money safely
  • News & Media
    • News & Media
    • Carers Trust news signup
    • Contact the Press team
    • Spokespeople
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