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#17 Carers Week: Celebrating The Work Carers Do - With Elizabeth Callaghan and Julia Ajayi
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On Carers Week, Elizabeth and Julia pay tribute to the incredible work unpaid carers do and speak about their own personal experiences of caring for someone.
There are 5 million carers in England and Wales who contribute a staggering £162bn to the economy but as Elizabeth and Julia discuss, the true number is likely to be far higher.
New research from Carers Week show 73% of people providing care to others do not identify as a carer ( Elizabeth being one of them as she discusses) and therefore could be missing out on additional support and information.
The hosts also look at some of the challenges facing carers as they juggle many other responsibilities and talk about some of the help available to them.
Carers Week
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
For more information, visit Carers Week
We spoke to Sara Challice on episode 7, author of Who Cares, about being a carer and ways to manage self-care. Listen to the episode with Sara Challice on Spotify and click here to purchase her book
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