Carers UK has changed the timing of this year’s State of Caring 2025 conference to 27 February 2025 because of uncertainty around the election earlier this year.

Now we are at the start of a new Government agenda, we have a well-timed opportunity of examining the national policy landscape, considering new and emerging trends for unpaid carers as well as continuing to look at promising practice.

Bringing together sector leaders, this conference will:

• dig deeper into the Government’s agenda on the NHS Plan, key themes and how carers are being involved
• see where social care fits into this national picture and the new narrative around care supporting economic growth
• look at carers’ health inequalities and how this might be leveraged in support for unpaid carers.

In a series of mixed formats and opportunities for learning, this conference will continue with our themes around employment, new pathways to information and advice, harnessing data, equalities and intersectionality.

Whether you are a commissioner, practitioner or service provider, this online conference is for you.

This conference is for health and care commissioners and planners, policy makers, carers’ networks interested in the broader landscape and service delivery organisations supporting unpaid carers.

Carers UK is offering a limited number of bursary places to carers who would not otherwise be able to attend. If you are a carer and you would like to apply for a bursary place please download the form and submit it to stateofcaring@carersuk.org

Applications for bursaries will only be considered before Sunday 17 November 2024.