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There are no medals, no salaries, and often, no thanks. But for many, caring is not a choice – it is a way of life. For Roisin McMackin, a ...
The money will allow the charity to carry on its work in providing activities and support through the Short Breaks Scheme and ...
A group of colleagues have taken on a mammoth 25-mile walk around Glasgow to raise money for the charity Carers Trust.
THERE is a quiet heroism unfolding in homes across Fermanagh and far beyond. You might not spot it at first glance. It doesn’t come with sirens ...
MPs said the current inadequate social care system is putting 'unsustainable pressure' on unpaid carers who are being forced ...
Unpaid carers in Scotland will receive extra payments worth a total of £587 by the end of 2025. As part of the annual benefits uprating exercise, Carer’s Allowance Supplement increase from £288.60 to ...
The UK government is failing to measure the “true cost of inaction on social care” and the harms a broken system is causing to the country and the NHS, MPs have warned. They said that, unless this ...
Recommendations from a newly launched commission into social care will be “doomed to failure” unless the true cost of ...
New figures from Age UK suggest as many as 65,000 low-income carers of state pension age are missing out on Pension Credit. The benefit that can be worth thousands of pounds and opens the door to ...
Unpaid carers in Scotland will receive extra payments worth a total of £587 by the end of 2025. As part of the annual benefits uprating exercise, Carer’s Allowance Supplement increase from £ ...