🗓️Save the date! Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 21 November 2024 this year. Our theme is Recognising your rights. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e5nrspwm
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Across the UK today 6.5 million people are carers, supporting a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill. Our loved ones are living longer with illness or disability, and more and more of us are looking after them. Whether round-the-clock or for a few hours a week, in our own home or for someone at the other end of a motorway – caring can have a huge effect on us, our lives and our plans. Caring is such an important part of life. It’s simply part of being human. Carers are holding families together, enabling loved ones to get the most out of life, making an enormous contribution to society and saving the economy billions of pounds. Yet many of us are stretched to the limit – juggling care with work and family life, or even struggling with poor health ourselves. We often find it difficult to make ends meet if we’re unable to work or if we’ve reduced our working hours to care. Every day 6,000 people become carers. Many don’t know how or where to get help. It can be frightening and very lonely. For some it’s sudden: someone you love is taken ill or has an accident, your child is born with a disability. For others, caring creeps up unnoticed: your parents can’t manage on their own any longer, your partner’s health gets gradually worse. Looking after someone can be tough, but you’re not on your own. Carers UK is here to listen, to give you expert information and advice that’s tailored to your situation, to champion your rights and support you in finding new ways to manage at home, at work, or wherever you are. We’re here to make life better for carers. We give expert advice, information and support. We connect carers so no-one has to care alone. We campaign together for lasting change. We innovate to find new ways to reach and support carers.
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http://www.carersuk.org
External link for Carers UK
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1965
- Specialties
- Health & Social Care and Legal Training, Carers and Employment, Interpretation of Government Policy, Practical Implementation, Campaigning to make life better for carers, and Advice and Information
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20 Great Dover Street
London, SE1 4LX, GB
Employees at Carers UK
Updates
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And both a thank you and congratulations to everyone in the Carers UK team who worked so hard on this campaign 😍
Today sees the launch of Carers UK's 'This Counts as Care' campaign, and we couldn't be more proud. It's been over a year since I wrote our submission for The Creative Shootout to be their charity partner for 2024. Eight month's since MullenLowe UK were announced the agency winner at the 'done-in-a-day' creative final. And months and months of developing and testing the concepts and execution of this, our first major awareness campaign. So to see it launched across multiple channels this morning - and knowing how important it is to increase visibility of how carers often don't recognise that what they are doing for partners, family members, friends or loved ones, counts as care - is truly amazing. This was a campaign on a scale we could barely dream about. Having access to the support and donated inventory of media partners including Clear Channel UK, Sky Media UK, The Guardian and Acast plus the insight and intelligence of markettiers, 72Point and OnePoll, has made this all possible - and an additional thank you is needed to Eleanor Films and all the other talent that was involved across the various executions of the campaign. Early results for our most recent State of Caring survey show that, on average, it still takes an unnecessarily long time for unpaid carers to recognise that what they do 'counts as care' - time that they are missing out on vital support and information. So if you, or someone you know is a carer - or if you just agree that unpaid carers deserve so much more recognition and support - please share our campaign and let the nation's unpaid carers know that Carers UK is there for them. #ThisCountsAsCare
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We’re on TV! 📺 We’re incredibly proud to announce our new #ThisCountsAsCare campaign coming to a TV screen in your home! We want to thank the amazing team at MullenLowe UK and The Creative Shootout who worked incredibly hard to make this happen, we couldn’t have done it without them. On average 12,000 people a day become unpaid carers, we want to halve the time it takes them to recognise themselves as carers.
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Millions of people across England are going without the support they need. Find out how your area has been affected and speak up for better care here: #ShowUsYouCare https://lnkd.in/emeeZDjt
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We’re proud to announce we’re partnering with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks SSEN delivers power to over 3.8 million homes and businesses across central southern England and northern Scotland. This partnership will help us reach more unpaid carers and highlight the key support measures and services available from SSEN; Including how to best prepare for winter, power cuts, the benefits of being on the Priority Services Register (PSR) and how to plan for a home emergency. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eeZtaxVW
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Help us support unpaid carers, enter your postcode now and find out whether people in your local area are getting the support they need. Join us as we say to the new Govt: #ShowUsYouCare. https://lnkd.in/ecgEvrxi
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Our new report calling for the introduction of a new right to paid Carer’s Leave shines a light on some of the forward thinking and carer-friendly employers in the UK who already provide their employees with access to paid Carer’s Leave on a non-statutory basis. These employers say doing so brings significant economic and cultural benefits to their organisations, as well as to their employees. Evidence shows that the impact of increased staff turnover, unplanned absences, and additional stress that comes when employees aren’t supported to juggle work and care could be costing UK businesses over £3.5 billion every year. We are calling for other organisations to stand with us in calling for a new right to paid Carer’s Leave. Sign up to support our campaign here: https://lnkd.in/e-YUC8CZ You can see our report in full here: https://lnkd.in/eHDukaej
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Our report, out today, calls for the introduction of a statutory right to paid Carer’s Leave. This would deliver benefits for over 2 million carers, save employers billions of £s a year, and is a significant growth opportunity for the UK economy. See our report here: https://lnkd.in/eHDukaej We are calling for other organisations to stand with us in calling for a new right to paid Carer’s Leave. Sign up to support our campaign here: https://lnkd.in/e-YUC8CZ
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For social care, it’s time for action, not words. #ShowUsYouCare https://lnkd.in/ez4TRuvk
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Thank you again to the 10,611 people who signed our open letter to the Prime Minister. We just handed it in to 10 Downing Street but know that this is only the beginning. We will continue to work tirelessly on your behalf to secure the changes we need to realise a future where carers are fully supported and appreciated for everything you do for those you care for. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gN7GG_xJ
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