New project to highlight challenges facing unpaid carers in the workplace
Carers Trust and Simplyhealth have launched a new project to highlight the challenges unpaid carers face applying for jobs and in the workplace.
Carers Trust and Simplyhealth have launched a new project to highlight the challenges unpaid carers face applying for jobs and in the workplace.
Carers Trust reacts to figures showing young carers are nearly twice as likely to miss at least 10% of school as their peers.
Carers Trust responds to a report on benefit levels in the UK by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee.
The Young Carers Covenant has been launched to mark Young Carers Action Day on 13th March.
Chief executives of Barnardo’s and the Association of Colleges are among names backing an open letter from Carers Trust and Learning and Work Institute (L&W), calling for the Government to exempt young adult carers from a rule which prevents them from claiming Carer's Allowance if they study for more than 21 hours per week.
Carers Trust says the Budget is a "slap in the face" for unpaid carers
Carers Trust responds to Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall's call for more young people to be in work and training.
Tens of thousands of unpaid carers and their families, already at financial breaking point, could face disaster if a vital Government scheme to help vulnerable households ends, Carers Trust has warned.
Carers Trust’s CEO, Kirsty McHugh, warns young carers must be considered in any ban on mobile phones in schools.
We are very sorry that West Norfolk Carers, part of the Carers Trust network, has been forced to close.
The Rank Group Plc is celebrating entering its 10th anniversary year with Carers Trust by announcing it has raised an incredible £3.5m for unpaid carers.
Carers Trust's CEO, Kirsty McHugh, responds to the "shameful" absence of social care in the Autumn Statement.
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