29th March 2023
Carers Trust held an event tonight in the Grand Hall of London’s Old Bailey to mark fifty years since the setting up of the UK’s first ever carer organisation. The reception also highlighted the incredible work undertaken over the last five decades by local carer organisations to support millions of unpaid family carers across the UK.
Carers Trust’s CEO, Kirsty McHugh, has responded to the British Social Attitudes survey showing only 14% of people are satisfied with social care services.
Carers Trust Scotland today is releasing research about the lived experiences of older adult unpaid carers in Scotland. Over 450 participants shared their experiences and the unique challenges they face as an unpaid carer.
Carers Trust, which began as a charity inspired by a storyline in the soap opera Crossroads, is marking its 50th anniversary this month.
16th March 2023
Carers Trust has worked with partners NHS England (London), Mobilise, Carers UK, Carers First and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in London to produce a toolkit designed to help healthcare professionals work with unpaid family carers to improve the overall experience of hospital discharge – both from the patient’s and the carer’s perspective.
15th March 2023
A delegation of young carers and young adult carers joined Carers Trust CEO Kirsty McHugh and parliamentarians in Westminster this afternoon to call for greater recognition and support.
Carers Trust's CEO Kirsty McHugh says carers have been ignored in the Chancellor's Spring Budget.
13th March 2023
Carers Trust was delighted to arrange a visit today by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, to St John and St James C of E Primary School to meet young carers.
10th March 2023
As someone who recently was a Young Adult Carer and still cares for a parent with a mental illness, I know it is hard for other young people in this situation to have 'me time'. Balancing education or work is hard let alone doing this on top of caring with little time to recharge or means choosing between caring and other goals and enjoying life.
I am writing this blog intending to share my story and point of view to help Young Adult Carers and to help others understand and better support them.
The creativity of young carers and the skills they can provide employers will be celebrated on Young Carers Action Day (15 March) this year.
A new Carers Trust survey released today (9th March) shows the devastating double whammy of the cost-of-living crisis and the increasing intensity of caring responsibilities shouldered by children and young people providing unpaid care to family members.
A new Carers Trust survey released today (9th March) shows the devastating double whammy of the cost-of-living crisis and the increasing intensity of caring responsibilities shouldered by children and young people providing unpaid care to family members.
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