State of Caring 2025 - carersuk.org
...New research by Carers UK, released for Carers Rights Day 2025 and sponsored by HSBC, shows that unpaid carers across the UK are facing intense financial pressures and too many are missing out on support. Many carers don?t know where to turn for guidance, struggle to navigate a complex social security system, lack confidence to plan for the long term, putting both their financial security ......
https://www.carersuk.org/media/yjkjdaee/cuk-state-of-caring-2025-thinking-ahead-summary-web.pdf
The 'tipping point'
...52 Executive summary This report, based on new Carers UK research conducted in 2025-26, examines the ?tipping point? at which unpaid carers feel they can no longer combine caring with paid employment. It provides a rich picture of lived experience and the intersecting pressures that can push carers out of the labour market, as well as exploring the practical support that can prevent carers ......
https://www.carersuk.org/media/p3qbifaj/cuk-tipping-point-report-2026-web.pdf
Our trustees - Carers UK
...Our trustees Carers UK is governed by our Board of Trustees, the majority of whom must have recent experience of caring. This is one of the most important ways in which we seek to live out our core value that carers are at the heart of everything we do as a charity....
https://www.carersuk.org/about-us/who-we-are/our-trustees
Flexible working guide | Carers NI
...Balancing work with caring is challenging ? but flexible working can help. Supported by Barclays LifeSkills, our new ?Let?s talk about flexible working? guide has practical information to help you start the conversation with your employer. Click the image to view online, or download using the button below....
https://www.carersuk.org/ni/help-and-advice/work-and-career/your-rights-in-work/flexible-working-guide/
www.carersuk.org
...?Working at Carers UK has been an incredibly positive experience. The organisation fosters an inclusive environment where I feel truly valued, and the flexibility they offer allows me to balance both my work and personal responsibilities seamlessly. This flexibility is so important, especially for an organisation that advocates for carers?it?s clear that Carers UK doesn?t just campaign ......
https://www.carersuk.org/media/blgi2nyw/testimonials-feb-26.docx
Identification - Carers Scotland
...Identification It takes two years on average for someone to identify themselves as a carer. Many people consider caring as part and parcel of family life and see themselves primarily as a partner, wife, son, sibling, cousin, parent or a close friend. As a result they can miss out on vital support....
https://www.carersuk.org/scotland/policy-and-research/our-areas-of-policy-work/identification/
Timeline: Devolved and new Scottish social security payments
...Timeline: Devolved and new Scottish social security payments This briefing has been produced to provide a summary for carers and people working with carers on the new devolved social security payments and when it is intended each will be introduced. It also includes details of those social security payments that have already been introduced ? Carers Allowance Supplement, the three Best Start ......
https://www.carersuk.org/media/c5fj0gx5/social-security-in-scotland-timetable.pdf
Transport and travel discounts - Carers UK
...What's the Disabled Persons Railcard? The Disabled Persons Railcard can offer good discounts on rail travel costs for regular travellers. You can get up to a third off rail travel tickets. This also includes an adult companion so you could also claim a third off for accompanying someone with a disability. See this website for more information and to see if someone you care for would be ......
https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/financial-support/help-with-bills-and-household-costs/support-with-living-costs/carer-savings-hub/transport-and-travel-discounts/
Women and Unpaid Care in Scotland - Carers UK
...Women and Unpaid Care in Scotland The information in this paper is provided from State of Caring in Scotland 2023, an annual survey by Carers Scotland1. It is Scotland?s most comprehensive research into the lives and experiences of unpaid carers. The 2023 survey was completed by 1,771 unpaid carers and this briefing is based upon the responses of the 981 female carers who took part. Unpaid ......
https://www.carersuk.org/media/wqbprce4/women-and-unpaid-caring-in-scotland-briefing-final.pdf
Asesiadau yng Nghymru - Hawdd ei ddeall
...Eich canllaw ynghylch asesiadau ar eich cyfer chi a?r bobl rydych chi?n gofalu amdanyn nhw Cafodd y ddogfen hon ei hysgrifennu gan Ofalwyr Cymru. Mae?n fersiwn hawdd ei ddeall o ?Asesiadau ? Eich canllaw ynghylch cael asesiad yng Nghymru?. Mai 2023...
https://www.carersuk.org/media/oj4eq1l1/final-welsh-easy-read-guide-to-assessments-in-wales-2025-26.pdf