Carers First provides support, for carers, with carers – so they can live their lives to the fullest.
To enable carers to thrive in their role and achieve the balance in their lives, they wish to achieve.
Providing support for carers
We've been working with carers for over 30 years, providing personalised information and a range of tailored support – making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.
We strive to be the trusted provider of high quality, tailored, localised support; helping carers feel empowered, respected and valued for what they do.
Carers First works with both carers and external partners, such as local councils, to deliver support services to carers across local communities. We ensure our services are accessible to all carers, taking into consideration carers living in rural or dispersed communities, who may be unable to attend traditional carer centres.
carers reached
carers registered with Carers First
have seen an improvement in their lives because of our support
What we achieved in 2024-25
In 2024/25 we reached over 283,800 carers and professionals to provide information about unpaid carers, including the remarkable role and value carers contribute to our local communities, and how to best support them. We have worked across the health and care system and with professionals to Think Carers , prioritising working with employers, GP surgeries, hospitals, colleagues within health, social care, education, housing, faith, sporting and community organisations.
We were successful in providing more support to carers earlier in their caring journey 44% had been caring for less than three years before registering with Carers First a quarter of these had been caring for less than a year.
Over 57,300 carers registered with Carers First giving them access to information, advice and support - based on their needs and ensuring that carers can access a range of practical, financial, counselling, health and wellbeing support/activities, know their rights and are assisted with employment, education and learning opportunities.
Headline results from carers supported this year include:
- 90% improved or sustained their carer assessment outcome
- 88% improved or sustained their health
- 92% improved or sustained their work situation
- 84% said they had more time for themselves
Peter cares for his wife Olive
I think I’ve made about 20 new friends online since lockdown. We share tips and advice. We all have a pretty good idea about what we all do, and we support each other.
Our three-year strategy sets out our ambitious plans to support significantly more carers, forge new partnerships and collaborations and deliver innovative approaches to scale our support and impact for carers.