Carers UK has published ‘State of Caring 2024 – The state of caring on employment’ and (with Centre for Care), ‘Valuing Carers 2021/22: The value of unpaid care in the UK.’
State of Caring 2024 documents the challenges of trying to work whilst being an unpaid carer, and makes a series of recommendations for Government, employers and local authorities. You can read this report here: https://www.carersuk.org/media/qlsly1mc/state-of-caring-employment-web-2024.pdf
Valuing Carers 2021/22: The value of unpaid care in the UK’ builds on three separate reports that were part of the Centre for Care’s Valuing Carers series. This new report finds that the economic value of contributions made by unpaid carers in the UK is now £184 billion a year. You can read this report here: https://www.carersuk.org/media/mfbmjbno/valuing_carers_uk_v3_web.pdf