Carers Trust welcomes doubling of Carer’s Allowance Supplement in Scotland, and calls for similar support to be extended to all family carers in UK.
This supplement in Scotland comes at same time as all UK family carers on Universal Credit hit hard by the £20 uplift cut
Responding today to the government’s announcement of a day one right for working carers to have an extra week’s unpaid leave a year, Joe Levenson, Executive Director of Policy and External Affairs, Carers Trust, has said...
Ollie Rogerson, and his mate Danny Rose from Manchester are undertaking a gruelling challenge in memory of Ollie’s dad. The pair, who have been friends since they met at school aim to raise £10,000 for Carers Trust and The Brain Tumour Charity by cycling 1,800km from Lake Geneva to Manchester in just ten days.
Carers Trust responds to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unveiling of his government’s plan to reform funding of the social care system.
To celebrate 25 years’ of garden giving for Carers Trust, the National Garden Scheme’s The Old Vicarage in West Sussex opened its beautiful gardens for unpaid carers to get a much-needed break from the constant pressure of their caring role at home.
An innovative new Carers Trust pilot project is looking to find ways to give young carers that extra bit of support they need to harness and develop their skills so they can compete on an equal footing for training and employment opportunities.
Carers Trust Scotland and the Scottish Government have been working with young carers and their services to continue the delivery of an online Festival, and have responded to young carers’ feedback from last year to make this year’s Festival the best it can be!
Amanda Pritchard is to be appointed to succeed Sir Simon Stevens as Chief Executive of NHS England.
To celebrate 25 years’ of garden giving for Carers Trust, the National Garden Scheme’s The Old Rectory at Farnborough, near Wantage opened its beautiful gardens for a free visit for family carers.
To help celebrate its 25 years’ of support and fundraising for Carers Trust, the a National Garden Scheme garden opened for a free visit for family carers. The visit helped unpaid carers get a much-needed break from the pressure of their caring role at home.
Carers Trust Scotland today is releasing research about the experiences of the pandemic among unpaid carers and carer service support workers across Scotland. More than 500 participants shared the challenges of caring, and supporting unpaid carers, throughout the pandemic.
The government has today set out in Parliament new proposals for a modern health and social care system which, it says, will deliver “better care for our communities”.
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