7th August 2020
Carers Trust responded to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) consultation on Carer’s Leave. Carer’s Leave was part of the Conservative Party Manifesto in the 2019 election.
Figures relating to Carers Trust’s spending on grants show unpaid carers are suddenly experiencing severe difficulties in being able to afford enough food because of the Coronavirus crisis.
Carers Trust is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Dr Sally Anstey, Christine Whiley, Sonja Woodhouse and Phil Worms to its Board.
27th July 2020
Carers Trust is delighted that Rank has extended its groundbreaking partnership with the charity into 2021. The hugely successful partnership has had a major impact in supporting Carers Trust’s work with hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers right across the UK. Since its inception more than six years ago in February 2014, the partnership with Rank has raised a very impressive £2.6 million for Carers Trust.
The results of a new Carers Trust survey, published today, point to a steep decline in the mental health and wellbeing of the hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK who provide unpaid care at home for family members or friends.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released data from a survey conducted in April 2020 looking at the impact of Coronavirus on people in the UK providing help or support to family, friends and neighbours.
10th June 2020
In this blog written for Carers Week, CEO of Carers Trust, Gareth Howells, lifts the lid on how unpaid carers are driven to financial hardship and mental despair because they are all too often forgotten and taken for granted.
At the start of Carers Week, Carers Trust reports it is seeing huge demand for its Carers Emergency Fund grants from unpaid carers right across the UK.
8th June 2020
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a special message of thanks and support for unpaid carers to mark this year’s Carers Week.
2nd June 2020
Carers Trust, in partnership with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), has developed a suite of resources to support unpaid carers and pharmacy teams to work together to improve access essential medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6th May 2020
Carers Trust is delighted to have formed a partnership with the Alpha Club to raise much-needed funds to help our work supporting unpaid carers across the UK.
24th April 2020
Carers Trust has been working hard this week to support carers and their families through the Coronavirus lockdown by delivering much needed PPE equipment to our Network Partners providing regulated home care visits.
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