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 theme of Carers Week this year is Making Carers Visible and Valued, Derbyshire Carers Association have put together a video of some of the carers they support to help make them visible, they also have a full schedule of of activities for the week that you can view HERE.