Carers UK: Open letter: Government needs to do more to support unpaid carers

Andy · Nov 26, 2020

Open letter

Dear Chancellor,

We are writing to you directly to urge the Government to provide unpaid carers with the additional support they need to care for others safely through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and to recognise the incredible contribution they have made to date in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.

To mark Carers Rights Day 2020, which took place on 26th November, Carers UK published a report which estimated that, after just eight months, the value of unpaid care provided during the pandemic stands at £135 billion – staggeringly, that means that each day of the pandemic, the value of carers’ unpaid support has been £530 million.

Previous research Carers UK has undertaken during the pandemic found that the majority (81%) of carers have taken on more care since the start of the pandemic, while nearly two thirds (63%) of carers are extremely worried about how they will continue to manage over winter.
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