Carers Week news and events

There are plenty of local events for carers during Carers Week, which runs from 6th June to 12th June 2022.

We are fully supporting this years Carers Week theme which is ‘making unpaid caring visible, valued and supported’.

The Disability Resource Centre runs the Carers Central service for unpaid carers in Luton. Carers Central helps the 19,000 unpaid carers in Luton with information, advice and support, every week of the year.

Carers Week events in Luton, Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire

See the Carers Week events for unpaid carers in Luton on the Carers Central website.

Events for unpaid carers in Milton Keynes on the Carers Milton Keynes website.

Events for unpaid carers in Bedfordshire on the Carers in Bedfordshire website.

About Carers Week 2022

Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers.

The theme for Carers Week 2022 is ‘Make caring visible, valued and supported’. The aim is that unpaid carers should be recognised in all areas of life. Caring should be valued and respected by everyone in our society, and carers should have access to the information and support they need, where and when they need it.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support.

The campaign is brought to life by thousands of individuals and organisations who come together to provide support for carers, run activities, highlight the vital role carers play in our communities and draw attention to just how important caring is.

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