Carers Week 2025- Financial Wellbeing Webinar

Carers Week is held annually and this year, it starts from June 9-15 in 2025. It raises awareness of the challenges unpaid carers face and celebrates their vital contributions to families and communities.

The week aims to help people identify as carers, understand available support, and encourage them to seek help. While focused on the UK, the issues carers face are global, particularly in countries with less support. This year the theme is 'Caring About Equality' highlighting the inequalities faced by unpaid carers, including a greater risk of poverty, social isolation, poor mental and physical health.

The NHS England Unpaid Carers team will be running a series of webinars during the week to highlight the importance of identifying and supporting unpaid carers.

Our second session of the week under the theme Financial Wellbeing is Caring About Equality: Financial Wellbeing for Low-Income Carers.  This session will delve into the financial challenges faced by unpaid carers in the UK. We will explore the demographics, economic impact, and the inequalities that affect carers, particularly those from marginalised groups. 

This will be presented by: ADASS Policy Leads for Carers- Claudia Brown, Director Adult Social Services (DASS), Brent and Hayley Eccles, Assistant Director of Operations, Adult Social Care, Oldham Council and Morgan Vine from Independent Age. 

Campbell McNeill, the Experience of Care Lead for North East & Yorkshire Quality and Safeguarding Team, NHS England will be chairing the session.

Note that registration opens at 5pm on 14th May and closes on Monday 9^th June at 5pm.

Please do share with your networks, the agenda and link to webinar will follow later.

Questions about this event?

Name: Steve Mbara

Email: england.nhsthinkcarer@nhs.net

Telephone: 07900715519