April 2023

Madeleine Starr MBE, Director of Business Development and Innovation, Carers UK – 29/06/2020 Carers Week 2020 was our busiest ever for employer events focusing on support for working carers. Ironically, as lockdown brought huge swathes of the economy to a standstill, those able to keep going found themselves busier than ever as they worked hard […]

Pet Hedges, Technical Business Manager, Credit Risk, Santander and Co-Chair of Santander’s Parents & Carers Network – 28/4/2020 This blog is going to look very different to the one I would’ve written when first asked to contribute over a month ago!  Since then I, like so many others, am working in my home, trying to

Joanne Austin, HSBC – 27/3/2020 I care for four of my closest family members aged between 19 and 79 and who all have different disabilities/illness and needs. My caring role involves facilitating appointments, managing all of my families’ affairs, providing emotional support, dealing with education and healthcare providers and supporting with personal care. In addition, I

Katherine Wilson, Head of Employment, Carers UK – 31/1/2020 Talking to EfC members over the years, I have been increasingly struck by how prevalent caring has become within their workforce, even if ‘carers’ often still seem so hidden at work.  For some of us it’s sudden; someone you love is taken ill or has an