Carers Rights Day 2025 Theme Announced As ‘Know Your Rights, Use Your Rights’
Carers UK has launched the theme for this year’s Carers Rights Day on Thursday 20 November 2025 which is ‘Know your rights, use your rights’….
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Care England and Menopause Support Launch Menopause Awareness Podcast Series for the Care Workforce
Care England has joined forces with Menopause Support a not-for-profit organisation offering 1-1 menopause support for individuals, a community of over 36,000 women and awareness…
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Urgent Call to Halt Deportation of Vital Care Home Staff
Fifteen dedicated care workers at a Glasgow residential facility are confronting potential deportation following what politicians describe as a bureaucratic failure that could devastate local…
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Project Helping Unpaid Carers To Get Active Is Up And Running Again After Three-Year Funding Boost
Carers UK is re-launching its successful Carers Active project following a new funding contract from Sport England of £362,184 for three years. There are 4.7…
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Conference Tackles Uncertainty and Challenges in the Care Sector
Care providers from across Lincolnshire tackled uncertainty and challenges facing the sector at the annual conference of the Lincolnshire Care Association on Thursday (17th July)….
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Flying the Flag for Inclusion: Nicolas Supports Brighton Pride with The Outstanding Society
Frank Foster House Care Home, part of Runwood Homes Group, is celebrating one of its own this week, as Home Manager Nicolas proudly volunteered with…
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Bluebird Care Launches Nationwide Fundraising Mission For Alzheimer’s Society After Smashing 2024 Target
Bluebird Care has begun a new UK-wide fundraising challenge for dementia, on the back of raising a staggering £67,000 for Alzheimer’s Society last year. The…
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Learn with Purpose. Care with Confidence. Build for the Future.
QCS x Carebeans, the UK’s leading digital provider of compliance, care management and workforce solutions for the adult social care and support sector, announces the…
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Unpaid Carers Stage First Protest From Home, Streamed On Screens Outside Parliament
As MPs head off on their summer recess, and school holidays begin, exhausted unpaid carers from across the country have come together to fight for…
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Lords Committee Criticises The Home Office Over “Significant Changes To Immigration Policy”
In its 33rd Report of Session 24-25, the cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has once again expressed concern about the lack of…
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Care Home Workforce Challenges Examined at COVID-19 Inquiry
Staffing shortages and budget constraints left Northern Ireland’s care sector vulnerable during pandemic, an official has told the inquiry Northern Ireland’s residential care sector faced…
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Browne Jacobson Report Sets Out How Care Sector Can Future-Proof Workforce As Visa Changes Restrict Overseas Recruitment
By Laura Chinyere-Ezeh, HR Consultant who leads Browne Jacobson’s HR services team for the health and social care sector. Innovating working patterns, supporting career progression…
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Care Sector Faces Critical Crossroads as Costs Soar and Workforce Crisis Deepens
The UK care sector is grappling with its most challenging period in recent memory, according to the latest OakNorth Care Sector Tracker, with mounting financial…
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Employer NIC Rises Set To Force Increase In UK Tax Wedge
The latest analysis from the Global Payroll Alliance (GPA) suggests that the recent increases to Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) could result in the UK…
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UK Care Workforce Twice As Likely To Live In Poverty As Average Worker
A new report from the Health Foundation reveals that people working in care homes and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty…
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