Next week is #CarersWeek - an entire week dedicated to 'making caring visible and valued'
However, for unpaid carers, the entire week can be exhausting, traumatic, and extremely triggering.
Here's some random thoughts on how to make the week slightly less torturous for carers:
However, for unpaid carers, the entire week can be exhausting, traumatic, and extremely triggering.
Here's some random thoughts on how to make the week slightly less torturous for carers:
1. Don't wish carers a *Happy* Carers Week -it won't go down well. No one should be celebrating the fact that over 6.5 million people in the UK provide unpaid care, with very little financial, emotional, and practical support. Carers aren't celebrating & we're certainly not happy
2. #CarersWeek is supposed to be about unpaid carers - ie relatives or friends who provide care to a loved one/friend. Carer's week is *not* the time to celebrate the paid care workforce (as much as we love them too). Doing so just makes unpaid carers feel even more invisible.
3. If you're a politician/leader - don't just use #CarersWeek as a fun photo opportunity - make the time this week to really listen to carers (and then actually do something about it!)
4. Amplify the voices of unpaid carers during #CarersWeek
If you really want Carers Week to be about 'making caring more visible' - then use your platforms to highlight carers' voices this week and what *actually* matters to them.
If you really want Carers Week to be about 'making caring more visible' - then use your platforms to highlight carers' voices this week and what *actually* matters to them.
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