Carers Week checklist
Building Carer
Friendly Communities
Carers Week is our annual campaign to
raise awareness of caring, highlight the
challenges unpaid carers face and recognise
the contribution carers make to families and
communities throughout the UK.
6–12 June 2016
carersweek.org
Help us build:
This checklist sets out practical steps every
part of the community can take to be carer
friendly - to help you feel supported as a
carer and recognised as an individual with
needs of your own.
We hope it will help you think about your
community and what additional support
might improve your life.
Could you ask for that support, maybe by
When I am on the high
street, local shops and
services are disability and
age friendly and understand
about carers too.
taking this checklist along to help explain
what you need? Could your local group
or carers network use this checklist to
start a conversation with local services or
organisations about what they can do to
better support carers?
Visit carersweek.org to RECOMMEND
organisations, services and employers as carer
friendly and INVITE to become carer friendly.
Local community checklist
Important services like pharmacies,
banks and shops identify me as a carer.
They provide me with information
and advice, signposting me to other
support when I need it
Local services and businesses like
supermarkets, restaurants, cafes
and important public spaces are age,
disability and carer friendly
Local services and businesses
prominently advertise carer friendly
initiatives, such as home delivery or
flexible appointments
Local leisure services or attractions
offer discounts or free entry for carers
when they are with the person they
care for
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Find out more: carersweek.org