Dominic Carter joins Carers Trust as its Director of Policy and Public Affairs
Carers Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Dominic Carter as its Director of Policy and Public Affairs.
Category: Press releases
The Crown star Greg Wise takes on new role as Ambassador for Carers Trust
Carers Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of actor and producer Greg Wise as a Carers Trust Ambassador.
Carers Trust and The Rank Group Plc (“Rank”) mark 10-year milestone of support for carers as funding partnership renewed
Carers Trust and Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos (part of Rank) are delighted to have extended their partnership into 2024, marking the 10th year of their vital work together supporting unpaid carers around the UK.
Carers being pushed into poverty, losing nearly £9,000 a year on average after six years of caring
Carers Trust is pleased to share this press release by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which highlights research showing the cost of caring for many unpaid carers looking after a sick or disabled relative.
More than eight out of ten young carers feel lonely during summer holidays
More than eight out of ten young carers (82%) feel lonely during the summer holidays, according to worrying new research released today by Action for Children and Carers Trust.
Nine out of 10 families have been unable to find a suitable holiday club for their disabled child this summer
The majority of families with disabled children (81%) would like a holiday club for their disabled child during the six-week break: 40% to enable them to work and 77% so their child can socialise with other children. But just 10% have found something suitable and 4% of everyone surveyed said they’d found something for the days and hours they need.
Carers Trust responds to GP Patient Survey showing toll caring has on health and wellbeing
Figures from the 2023 GP Patient Survey show 64% of unpaid carers report having a long-term health condition or disability compared to 54% of non-carers.
Carers Trust-run scheme helps nearly three-quarters of participants move back into employment
An innovative Carers Trust-run scheme which helped 1,266 unpaid carers from across London move closer to the jobs market has led to nearly three-quarters of participants finding sustained employment after leaving the project.
Carers Trust responds to the Government's findings and recommendations of the rapid review into data on patient safety in mental health inpatient pathways
The Government has today published findings and recommendations based on its review into data on patient safety in inpatient mental health. It recommends the need to recognise the experience of, and involve, carers of patients within mental health.
Carers Trust comments on Government response to Integrated Care Systems reviews
The government has published its response to the Hewitt Review and the recent Health and Social Care Select Committee Inquiry into the workings of the local health and care systems.
Carers Trust responds to Fabian Society report on National Care Service
Carers Trust has responded to the Fabian Society's report Support Guaranteed: the Road to a National Care Service.
Learning and Work Institute and Carers Trust call for change to benefits rule that prevents young adult carers from participating in full-time education
A new briefing from Learning and Work Institute (L&W) and Carers Trust makes a costed case for extending eligibility for Carer’s Allowance to young adult carers aged 16-24 who are in full-time further education. The briefing follows a letter to the Prime Minister marking Young Carers Action Day in March 2023, coordinated by Carers Trust and signed by L&W alongside over 80 other organisations and 250 individuals.
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