Caring magazine 47 Caring November 2017 | Page 21

Campaign with us: carersuk.org/wecare It is always good to feel you have contributed and in turn helped to raise the profile of Carers UK. We connect 11,131 new 4,328 hours of volunteering by carers and others who share our mission members joined Carers UK The great thing is that now as a member, I’m in a position to offer encouragement and understanding to other carers, and that feels good. On average 8,000 people engaged with us on Facebook each month 1,000 local groups signed up to Carers Rights Day – reaching thousands of new carers with information on their rights 130 Employers for Carers members with a reach of over a million employees, plus 68 Carer Positive organisations in Scotland Over 52,000 now follow us on twitter We innovate 3,049 people downloaded Jointly As a member of Carers UK the achievements in this report are your achievements. With your support we will help, connect, campaign and innovate even more in 2018. You too can help us achieve this, find out how by visiting: carersuk.org/how-you-can-help View the annual report and accounts in full at: carersuk.org/about-us/what-we-do @carersuk /carersuk 21