20th November 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care has issued guidance for unpaid carers about what they can do to access respite care during the national lockdown.
The government yesterday published new guidance for visiting care homes in England. Carers Trust CEO, Gareth Howells responds to this guidance.
28th October 2020
Carers Trust CEO Gareth Howells explains how years of neglect for social care has unfairly transferred the government’s responsibility for care in the community on to the shoulders of unpaid carers. This blog is an extended version of a letter from Gareth to The Guardian, published on 26 October.
16th July 2020
At Carers Trust, we are delighted to work in partnership with companies who raise funds to support unpaid carers. Through the pandemic, we were impressed with our partners’ dedication and generosity, going above and beyond a traditional fundraising partnership.
14th July 2020
A new report commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has led to the development of new resources to help ageing unpaid carers plan for a future when they are less able to care. Carers Trust led on this project through the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HWA).
10th July 2020
Carers Trust is continuing to support unpaid carers and their families through the Coronavirus pandemic with deliveries of much-needed PPE.
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.
Carers Trust responds to Chancellor’s future spending plans.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, today announced the Government's commitments to future public spending as he set out the Budget.
Over the last three years a ground-breaking Carers Trust project has supported over 150 unpaid carers in London back into paid employment. The same project also worked with a further 600 carers, building their confidence and skills so they are better equipped to find a way back into work.
6th March 2020
In this blog, Carers Trust CEO Gareth Howells casts a forensic eye over the true cost of providing care to people in their own home – and what care commissioners are prepared to pay. He finds that all too often Carers Trust’s Network Partners are being commissioned to provide these vital services at a loss.
14th February 2020
Carers Trust brought together some of its Network Partners yesterday with professionals from across the voluntary and statutory sectors to share the results of a programme aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation among unpaid carers.
14th February 2020
Carers Trust is thrilled to announce that a staggering £2.5 million has been raised thanks to its six-year funding partnership with Rank.
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