The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released data from a survey conducted in April 2020 looking at the impact of Coronavirus on people in the UK providing help or support to family, friends and neighbours.
The ‘Going Higher for Student Carers Award’, introduced in 2017, was developed by Carers Trust Scotland to support Universities to build awareness, widen access and increase support for Students with Caring responsibilities.
18th June 2020
Carers Trust are thrilled with news that we have been awarded £500,000 by the UK Government’s Loneliness Fund to support unpaid carers.
11th June 2020
Carers Trust is thrilled that Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined four carers and our CEO, Gareth Howells, in a very special video call to mark Carers Week.
10th June 2020
In this blog written for Carers Week, CEO of Carers Trust, Gareth Howells, lifts the lid on how unpaid carers are driven to financial hardship and mental despair because they are all too often forgotten and taken for granted.
At the start of Carers Week, Carers Trust reports it is seeing huge demand for its Carers Emergency Fund grants from unpaid carers right across the UK.
8th June 2020
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a special message of thanks and support for unpaid carers to mark this year’s Carers Week.
2nd June 2020
Carers Trust, in partnership with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), has developed a suite of resources to support unpaid carers and pharmacy teams to work together to improve access essential medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6th May 2020
Carers Trust is delighted to have formed a partnership with the Alpha Club to raise much-needed funds to help our work supporting unpaid carers across the UK.
29th April 2020
Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament have started a campaign on the issue of supermarket access for young carers and young adult carers during this lockdown.
Sefydliadau’n cydweithio i’w gwneud hi’n haws i ofalwyr di-dâl gael gafael ar feddyginiaethau ledled Cymru yn ystod y pandemig COVID-19
Organisations work together to improve unpaid carers’ access to medicines across Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic
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