We Care Campaign
@wecarecampaign.bsky.social
Multi-award winning grassroots campaign for unpaid carers in the UK. Led by carers, for carers.
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👋 We’ve left the other place and hoping to find a home here.
If you love unpaid carers, the people who support them or are one, do say hi.
We’d love to connect 😄
If you love unpaid carers, the people who support them or are one, do say hi.
We’d love to connect 😄
Lois Barnett has written an excellent article about lack of carer breaks.
☕️ Grab yourself a cuppa and give it a read
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☕️ Grab yourself a cuppa and give it a read
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The Carers Who Never Get a Break
Breaking Point
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November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lois Barnett has written an excellent article about lack of carer breaks.
☕️ Grab yourself a cuppa and give it a read
vjs.shorthandstories.com/caring-witho...
☕️ Grab yourself a cuppa and give it a read
vjs.shorthandstories.com/caring-witho...
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Beyond excited to listen to this, check out the podcast below!
🎙️ Season two first episode...we're speaking to Sir Ed Davey!
MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Beyond excited to listen to this, check out the podcast below!
🎙️ Season two first episode...we're speaking to Sir Ed Davey!
MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎙️ Season two first episode...we're speaking to Sir Ed Davey!
MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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MP for Kingston and Surbiton, leader of @libdems.org.uk , a carer and author of a book ‘Why I care: And why care matters’ @eddavey.libdems.org.uk speaks to Care Fully Considered 🎙️
Listen here player.captivate.fm/episode/0e2c...
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New #CostOfCaring report out from @carers-uk.bsky.social
Yep it’s bloody bleak.
We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️
www.carersuk.org/media/mtvkqu...
Yep it’s bloody bleak.
We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️
www.carersuk.org/media/mtvkqu...
www.carersuk.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New #CostOfCaring report out from @carers-uk.bsky.social
Yep it’s bloody bleak.
We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️
www.carersuk.org/media/mtvkqu...
Yep it’s bloody bleak.
We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️
www.carersuk.org/media/mtvkqu...
Autumn always brings rising prices. For #UnpaidCarers, every penny already counts.
When you’re running on empty, higher heating bills are unwelcome.
Carers deserve more than warm words.
We deserve a system that doesn’t rely on our struggle.
💛 #RunningOnEmpty #VisibleAndValued #WeCareCampaign
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When you’re running on empty, higher heating bills are unwelcome.
Carers deserve more than warm words.
We deserve a system that doesn’t rely on our struggle.
💛 #RunningOnEmpty #VisibleAndValued #WeCareCampaign
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October 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Autumn always brings rising prices. For #UnpaidCarers, every penny already counts.
When you’re running on empty, higher heating bills are unwelcome.
Carers deserve more than warm words.
We deserve a system that doesn’t rely on our struggle.
💛 #RunningOnEmpty #VisibleAndValued #WeCareCampaign
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When you’re running on empty, higher heating bills are unwelcome.
Carers deserve more than warm words.
We deserve a system that doesn’t rely on our struggle.
💛 #RunningOnEmpty #VisibleAndValued #WeCareCampaign
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Great article to read over the weekend, if like us you’re into caring ⬇️
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How Caring Made Us Human
It’s one of our oldest and most crucial survival strategies
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October 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Great article to read over the weekend, if like us you’re into caring ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/thenoosp...
open.substack.com/pub/thenoosp...
The #CAVCA2025 Cardiff and Vale Carers Assembly kicks off
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The #CAVCA2025 Cardiff and Vale Carers Assembly kicks off
For #WorldAlzheimersDay Kat looked at rehabilation in her new blog Mind Matters
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World Alzheimer’s Day 2025: Why Dementia Rehabilitation Matters for Caregivers. - DementiaWho!
On World Alzheimer’s Day 2025, I reflect on the World Alzheimer Report and why dementia rehabilitation matters for caregivers and loved ones.
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September 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
For #WorldAlzheimersDay Kat looked at rehabilation in her new blog Mind Matters
dementiawho.com/world-alzhei...
dementiawho.com/world-alzhei...
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In @dailymirrornews.bsky.social today - with thanks to @martinbagot.bsky.social
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'I'm a full-time carer - people don't realise they're one accident from my life'
Katy Styles, a full-time carer from Canterbury, has warned people
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September 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In @dailymirrornews.bsky.social today - with thanks to @martinbagot.bsky.social
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Oh yes, can go on about this at length.
My council will only fund things that make for a press opportunity, like hiring a bus to go around telling us about our rights.
Actually ask for our rights, ask for the support people actually need... silence.
If I hear the say "coproduction" one more time...
My council will only fund things that make for a press opportunity, like hiring a bus to go around telling us about our rights.
Actually ask for our rights, ask for the support people actually need... silence.
If I hear the say "coproduction" one more time...
September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Oh yes, can go on about this at length.
My council will only fund things that make for a press opportunity, like hiring a bus to go around telling us about our rights.
Actually ask for our rights, ask for the support people actually need... silence.
If I hear the say "coproduction" one more time...
My council will only fund things that make for a press opportunity, like hiring a bus to go around telling us about our rights.
Actually ask for our rights, ask for the support people actually need... silence.
If I hear the say "coproduction" one more time...
What’s happening this Friday in the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill.
This from the @hansardsociety.bsky.social
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This from the @hansardsociety.bsky.social
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
Assisted dying bill: What will happen at Second Reading on Friday 19 September?
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - the Bill to legalise assisted dying - has passed through the House of Commons and now reached the House of Lords. A rare two-day Second Reading debate be...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What’s happening this Friday in the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill.
This from the @hansardsociety.bsky.social
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
This from the @hansardsociety.bsky.social
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...
Great to hand in the “Give Carers A Break” petition with Carers Trust today.
Read about it below #ProtestFromHome
carers.org/news-and-med...
Read about it below #ProtestFromHome
carers.org/news-and-med...
Carers’ petition demands Government gives carers the legal right to a break
Carers’ petition demands Government gives carers the legal right to a break
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September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Great to hand in the “Give Carers A Break” petition with Carers Trust today.
Read about it below #ProtestFromHome
carers.org/news-and-med...
Read about it below #ProtestFromHome
carers.org/news-and-med...
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
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September 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
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I would really like commissioners in adult social care to acknowledge the needs of unpaid carers, such as parents who look after adult children.
They don’t seem to understand that unpaid carers also have bills to pay.
I would really like commissioners in adult social care to acknowledge the needs of unpaid carers, such as parents who look after adult children.
They don’t seem to understand that unpaid carers also have bills to pay.
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I would really like commissioners in adult social care to acknowledge the needs of unpaid carers, such as parents who look after adult children.
They don’t seem to understand that unpaid carers also have bills to pay.
I would really like commissioners in adult social care to acknowledge the needs of unpaid carers, such as parents who look after adult children.
They don’t seem to understand that unpaid carers also have bills to pay.
It's #TakeActionTuesday again
Theres a petition to fund covid jab boosters for Clinically Vulnerable People.
If that's something that's affecting you or your family you can sign here
Theres a petition to fund covid jab boosters for Clinically Vulnerable People.
If that's something that's affecting you or your family you can sign here
Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters
'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care…
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September 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's #TakeActionTuesday again
Theres a petition to fund covid jab boosters for Clinically Vulnerable People.
If that's something that's affecting you or your family you can sign here
Theres a petition to fund covid jab boosters for Clinically Vulnerable People.
If that's something that's affecting you or your family you can sign here
"Why are unpaid carers stuck in a cycle of misery narratives?"
Join us as @minkaur5 and @SangeetaITV dig into the "Misery Olympics" and why it's time for a media makeover.
Episode 12 of "Care Fully Considered" is out now.
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Listen on usual platforms
Join us as @minkaur5 and @SangeetaITV dig into the "Misery Olympics" and why it's time for a media makeover.
Episode 12 of "Care Fully Considered" is out now.
buff.ly/EKAhFBi
Listen on usual platforms
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Why are unpaid carers stuck in a cycle of misery narratives?"
Join us as @minkaur5 and @SangeetaITV dig into the "Misery Olympics" and why it's time for a media makeover.
Episode 12 of "Care Fully Considered" is out now.
buff.ly/EKAhFBi
Listen on usual platforms
Join us as @minkaur5 and @SangeetaITV dig into the "Misery Olympics" and why it's time for a media makeover.
Episode 12 of "Care Fully Considered" is out now.
buff.ly/EKAhFBi
Listen on usual platforms
Parliament’s about to return—but for unpaid carers, there’s no “summer recess.”
The Sayce Review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments is expected soon. It could be a turning point.
Carers shouldn’t be punished or pushed into poverty for caring.
🧵 Here are this week’s key reads & actions ⬇️ 1/3
The Sayce Review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments is expected soon. It could be a turning point.
Carers shouldn’t be punished or pushed into poverty for caring.
🧵 Here are this week’s key reads & actions ⬇️ 1/3
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Parliament’s about to return—but for unpaid carers, there’s no “summer recess.”
The Sayce Review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments is expected soon. It could be a turning point.
Carers shouldn’t be punished or pushed into poverty for caring.
🧵 Here are this week’s key reads & actions ⬇️ 1/3
The Sayce Review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments is expected soon. It could be a turning point.
Carers shouldn’t be punished or pushed into poverty for caring.
🧵 Here are this week’s key reads & actions ⬇️ 1/3
💥 #TakeActionTuesday 💥
Parliament's back. let's remind MPs about Clinically Vulnerable people.
- keep covid boosters
This year only those aged 75 years or are living in a care home are eligible for a covid booster.
✍️ Sign the petition here
Parliament's back. let's remind MPs about Clinically Vulnerable people.
- keep covid boosters
This year only those aged 75 years or are living in a care home are eligible for a covid booster.
✍️ Sign the petition here
Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters
'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care…
buff.ly
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💥 #TakeActionTuesday 💥
Parliament's back. let's remind MPs about Clinically Vulnerable people.
- keep covid boosters
This year only those aged 75 years or are living in a care home are eligible for a covid booster.
✍️ Sign the petition here
Parliament's back. let's remind MPs about Clinically Vulnerable people.
- keep covid boosters
This year only those aged 75 years or are living in a care home are eligible for a covid booster.
✍️ Sign the petition here
A day in the life of an unpaid carer might look like:
• 6am meds
• 2 loads of laundry
• Calls to the GP
• Chasing a broken care package
• No break
• No thanks
#RunningOnEmpty #UnpaidCarers
• 6am meds
• 2 loads of laundry
• Calls to the GP
• Chasing a broken care package
• No break
• No thanks
#RunningOnEmpty #UnpaidCarers
September 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A day in the life of an unpaid carer might look like:
• 6am meds
• 2 loads of laundry
• Calls to the GP
• Chasing a broken care package
• No break
• No thanks
#RunningOnEmpty #UnpaidCarers
• 6am meds
• 2 loads of laundry
• Calls to the GP
• Chasing a broken care package
• No break
• No thanks
#RunningOnEmpty #UnpaidCarers
Parliament's back today. But unpaid carers? We never left.
While decision makers were on recess, we were still caring - round the clock.
💬 What do you wish MPs would understand about your reality this week?
#VisibleAndValued #UnpaidCarers
While decision makers were on recess, we were still caring - round the clock.
💬 What do you wish MPs would understand about your reality this week?
#VisibleAndValued #UnpaidCarers
September 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Parliament's back today. But unpaid carers? We never left.
While decision makers were on recess, we were still caring - round the clock.
💬 What do you wish MPs would understand about your reality this week?
#VisibleAndValued #UnpaidCarers
While decision makers were on recess, we were still caring - round the clock.
💬 What do you wish MPs would understand about your reality this week?
#VisibleAndValued #UnpaidCarers
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In our latest #HumansCare interview, we speak with Katy Styles, founder of @wecarecampaign.bsky.social about her journey from caring for her husband to becoming a national advocate for carers’ rights ✨
Read her inspiring story here 👇🏽
Read her inspiring story here 👇🏽
Katy Styles, Founder of the We Care Campaign
We were very pleased to speak with Katy Styles, founder of the We Care Campaign and co-host of the podcast Care Fully Considered.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In our latest #HumansCare interview, we speak with Katy Styles, founder of @wecarecampaign.bsky.social about her journey from caring for her husband to becoming a national advocate for carers’ rights ✨
Read her inspiring story here 👇🏽
Read her inspiring story here 👇🏽
ICYMI, this #CarersWeek, at the start of the Summer @numbereighteenroundthecorner Laura Barnes' interviewed @patrickjbutler.bsky.social and @joshhalliday.bsky.social in this blog about their work on Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal
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Hero journos
I’m going to say it again- unpaid carers are not heroes. We’re trapped, tired, and ignored. Some people who work at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) even think we’re crim…
numbereighteeninthecorner.blog
August 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
ICYMI, this #CarersWeek, at the start of the Summer @numbereighteenroundthecorner Laura Barnes' interviewed @patrickjbutler.bsky.social and @joshhalliday.bsky.social in this blog about their work on Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal
numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/2025/06/09/h...
numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/2025/06/09/h...
It's #TakeActionTuesday
💬 As we await the Sayce Review, into Carers Allowance overpayments, due out soon, what would you say to those in power right now?
💬 As we await the Sayce Review, into Carers Allowance overpayments, due out soon, what would you say to those in power right now?
August 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It's #TakeActionTuesday
💬 As we await the Sayce Review, into Carers Allowance overpayments, due out soon, what would you say to those in power right now?
💬 As we await the Sayce Review, into Carers Allowance overpayments, due out soon, what would you say to those in power right now?
If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
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Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
buff.ly/i4kBpfF
Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.
buff.ly/i4kBpfF