A carer is someone who gives unpaid support to a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of an illness, frailty, disability, mental health problem or addiction and cannot cope without their support.
Caring for someone can come with many challenges and rewards. Here’s how to find the care and support you need.
An online platform where you can get support 24/7. Includes e-learning for carers and young carers, the Jointly app and access to the Carers UK forum to chat with others at any time of day
Developed for you in partnership with Carers UK.
Our digital tool will help you to reflect on and document your responsibilities as a care provider. You’ll get a personalised action plan with advice and signposts to additional resources.
The Carer’s Passport is part of the Civil Service’s workplace adjustments. Our tool prepares you for this. We do not write them.
The Carer’s Statement is for everyone and can be used with organisations outside the workplace.
Being prepared can’t stop emergencies happening, but it can make difficult and worrying situations a bit more manageable. And it’s times like these that being prepared matters most.
Creating a Carer’s Emergency Plan enables you to consider what would happen to the person you care for and how they would be supported should you be unable to care due to emergency or illness. The Emergency Plan is a safe way to hold essential information about the person you care for, what their care needs are and who needs to be informed if something goes wrong.
Our Wellbeing Team are on-hand to talk to you about your caring role. We’ll listen, suggest ways we can help and signpost you to other support too.
All of our requests for help are confidential and we do not contact anyone without your permission (please see our safeguarding statement for exclusions to this).
Being a carer can have a significant impact on your finances. We’re here to help you find a way through.
Being a carer can change the relationship you have with the person you are caring for. It can have an impact on the relationships you have with friends, and colleagues too.
There are things you can do to manage how well you get on with the people in your life.
Our library of webinars covers a range of caring topics including issues around caring for someone with dementia, autism or ADHD.
Led by our own team of service experts, each webinar includes tools, ideas and sources of further help and advice.
The big life events and everyday small stresses don’t go away if you are a carer. We’re here to help with what you are going through.
Information and support to help you through legal issues. Includes three calls with a legal professional.
Looking after your mental health at work has never been more important.
Our Money Advice and Guidance Service can help with all aspects of debt, budgeting and managing your money.
