Contact the Press Team

Today, unpaid carers are under a incredible amount of pressure with the cost-of-living crisis, soaring caring hours and a lack of Government support. Raising awareness of unpaid carers, the work they do and the challenges they face helps build public support and influence decision-makers so unpaid carers get the support they deserve.

Contacting the Carers Trust media team over the Christmas and New Year holidays

We will continue to monitor incoming email enquiries from media over the holiday period from Monday 22 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026. You can use the email addresses and contact telephone number below for media enquiries. Please note that, while we are monitoring incoming enquiries on a daily basis, it may take us a little longer than usual to respond.

Email contact

For general media enquiries, please email press@carers.org

Phone contacts

For urgent press enquiries, please call/email:

(**please only call if you are a journalist with a legitimate press enquiry**).

Matt Whitticase, Head of Communications & Marketing

• Mobile: 07515 788456
• Email: mwhitticase@carers.org

For media enquiries in Scotland:

• Paul Traynor, Head of External Affairs Scotland
• Email: ptraynor@carers.org