2024 New Year Goals
To celebrate the start of 2024, we share some of our favourite contributors from the last year alongside important figures in the disability community to…
To celebrate the start of 2024, we share some of our favourite contributors from the last year alongside important figures in the disability community to…
Every year on Carers Rights Day, organisations around the UK shine a much-needed spotlight on the hidden workforce in society: the unpaid carers who dedicate time and energy to supporting their loved ones.
Using her photography to help her cope with her caring responsibilities, Fiona has been building a series of pictures that represent the range of emotions carers often feel.
Across the UK, unpaid carers are the heart of communities. This Carers Week (5-11 June 2023), it’s time to recognise their vital contribution and highlight both local and national sources of support.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, unpaid carers have been left overworked and undervalued as they continue to take on additional responsibilities to care for their loved ones.
Becoming a carer for your partner or loved one can change the way your relationship works. We speak to one carer about her experience and how her caring role has affected her marriage.
As over half of parents say their children’s mental wellbeing has been one of their biggest concerns during the coronavirus pandemic, Public Health England (PHE) launch a campaign to support the mental health of young people and their parents.
A quarter of a million clear face masks are to be delivered to frontline care workers for people who use lip reading and facial expressions to communicate.
A new survey by disability charity Sense has highlighted the experiences of families in the UK caring for disabled adults during the coronavirus pandemic, with over half (52%) saying the additional caring responsibilities they have had to take on has impacted their health and wellbeing.
Three carers discuss the need for recognition, more support and what changes they want to see going forward from the pandemic.
Today (15 July) is Care Home Day, an online campaign to raise the profile of care homes across Scotland.
800,000 people across the UK rely on home visits from carers to provide essential daily care. Many more are cared for by their family, who do so unpaid.
Carers provide essential support to people around the country, but the current COVID-19 outbreak means that many carers are unable to visit their clients and deliver the vital services they need.
Last night, thousands of us around the country came together to clap for those on the frontline of the Coronavirus outbreak: the medical staff treating people in the NHS, the carers, support workers and all key workers at this time.
As people across the UK settle in for the first full day of what has been dubbed a lockdown, we look at what it means for you and the general public.