Carers Week
29 May 2024
What is Carers Week?
Carers Week is an annual campaign held between the 10 – 16th of June to help raise awareness of carers, highlight the challenges carers face and to recognise everything they do for families and communities up and down the country.
Why is Carers Week important?
Carers Week is an important week to not only raise awareness of carers and the challenges they face, but to also help raise the visibility of carers to key decision-makers, businesses, employers, and communities.
It is also an important week to raise awareness to carers that there is support available for them. So by celebrating this special week, we might help those who are caring for someone on their own without knowing there is support available!
How is Carers Week celebrated?
The campaign is brought to life by thousands of individuals and organisations who come together to provide support for carers, run activities and highlight the vital role carers play in our communities, drawing attention to just how important caring is.
What is the 2024 Carers Week theme?
This year’s theme is ‘Putting Carers on the Map’. This theme is designed to help increase the visibility of carers across the UK. With this year being an election year, it’s an important time to show how important carers are to both society and even the economy. So by making our voices loud and clear, hopefully this year we can all help make a difference.
How to get involved
There are plenty of ways you can get involved with Carers Week 2024. You can add your name to the ‘put your name on the map’ or you can find plenty of activities and ways to get involved on the Carers Week website.
Carers Insurance from Blue Badge
The team at Blue Badge are passionate about the caregiving sector and thanks each and every carer for the hard work they do.
If you are a care worker or a personal assistant we offer comprehensive carers insurance to cover you in case you have an accident or incident at work.
If you have any questions about what is covered by our carers insurance, take a look at our FAQ section for more help.