We launched our State of Caring 2023 survey this week, and we would be really grateful for your help in encouraging carers to take part.  

State of Caring survey

The annual State of Caring survey is the UK’s most comprehensive research into the lives and experience of carers. Last year a record 13,000 carers took part in the survey – the highest number of responses we’ve ever had. This year, we want to reach even more carers.  

The State of Caring survey helps us to understand carers’ needs and the challenges they face. With a General Election in Westminster on the horizon, knowing the issues carers face in 2023 couldn’t come at a more important time. Last year we were able to use carers’ responses to:

• Win landmark new rights for two million employees to take up to five days’ unpaid Carer’s Leave.  
• Seek improvements to carers’ benefits through our newly established Carer Poverty Coalition  
• Press for carers to be included in cost of living payments, with vital evidence of carers’ financial struggles
• Show the impact of the backlog in the NHS and make sure carers are not forgotten in NHS and care reforms
• Respond to government consultations on a range of issues affecting carers.

But we’re not stopping there and know we need to do more and push further. Please share this survey with your contacts locally, and fill it in if you are a carer yourself. We have attached a campaign pack with suggested content for you to use. We would particularly welcome responses from carers from lesser heard communities, such as carers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and LGBTQ+ carers.

As the survey is very comprehensive, designed to help us to really understand carers’ experiences, it is quite long. We hope it will take you about 20-30 minutes. We very much appreciate you taking the time to complete it.

The survey will close on 3 August and we will be sharing the results later in the year. If you have any questions about the research, please get in touch with our policy team by emailing policy@carersuk.org

Thank you for all you do to support carers locally.

Best wishes,

Carers UK team