#carers — Public Fediverse posts

Unpaid #carers show care and compassion for other in their lives - which makes it so wrong that so many are forced to get by on low incomes that don't meet their household needs. This #CarersWeek we want to highlight that injustice, and show our support for a society where no carer is left in poverty.

🌩️ The UK is facing a “perfect storm” in which people are expected to #work longer, fund their own future #care, and provide #unpaidcare, all at once

NEW CPC-CG Policy Briefing highlights mounting pressures on #carers and the urgent need for #policy reform, as we mark #CarersWeek 8-14 June.

https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=802

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/disabled-britons-report-rise-in-abuse-blue-badges #Disability #Fibromyalgia #MultipleSclerosis #LearningDisability #Osteoarthritis #Carers #UkNews

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/disabled-britons-report-rise-in-abuse-blue-badges #Disability #Fibromyalgia #MultipleSclerosis #LearningDisability #Osteoarthritis #Carers #UkNews

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/disabled-britons-report-rise-in-abuse-blue-badges #Disability #Fibromyalgia #MultipleSclerosis #LearningDisability #Osteoarthritis #Carers #UkNews

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/disabled-britons-report-rise-in-abuse-blue-badges #Disability #Fibromyalgia #MultipleSclerosis #LearningDisability #Osteoarthritis #Carers #UkNews

📑 JOB VACANCY

#ResearchFellow post within the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Connecting Generations programme.

Examining fuller #workinglives and #care provision for individuals in later life in the UK and internationally.

📨 Apply by 11 April: https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3043625CC

#carers #socialcare #ageing #gerontology #southampton #JobVacancy #JobOpportunity

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’ | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/unpaid-carer-dwp-prosecution-threat-like-blackmail

#DWP
#Fraud
#WronglyAccused
#WrongfullyAccused
#CPS
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#CarersAllowance
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#FinancialHardship
#WeCareCampaign
#DWPLettingTheOverpaymentBuildUp
#Court

The shrunken state expects families to fill the voids in health and social care. Woe betide those without children | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/09/families-health-social-care-children-hospital

#FamilyCarers
#UnpaidCarers
#Carers
#SocialCare
#Health
#AgeingParents
#Elderly
#CutsToServices
#FundingCuts

I'm going to embarrass the hell out of my other half now 😄 wrote this personal piece for @NationalWorld. Thanks to Carers UK for speaking to me.

A love letter to the UK's 5 million invisible caregivers on #CarersWeek - including my partner

#carer #carers #NHS #health

https://www.nationalworld.com/opinion/national-carers-week-love-letter-to-uks-5-million-invisible-caregivers-including-my-partner-4171339

I'm feeling very lucky at the moment. My instance @mastodon.au have increased us to 2000 characters.

I believe every group of living beings should have a collective noun.

Please add your thoughts as they occur and see if you can assist my #gofundme

My first thoughts are:
A #riot of #environmental #activists.
A #shitfight of #politicians.
A #vadge of female #mining #magnates.
A #destruction of #coal #miners
A #cacaphony of mall #shoppers.
A #misery of #wildlife #carers.
A #fuckup of #farmers
A #quietly of #librarians
A #fuckyou of #police #officers
A #murder of #Adelaide #Crows #Fans

Give a chance to #Australia's #kangaroos before our #environmentally #destructive #fharmers and/or #farmers kill them all.

#KangaroosOfMastodon
https://gofund.me/b3f006c4