Carers Collective

04/06/2026

Behind every unpaid carer is someone giving their time, energy and expertise to make support possible.

As Carers Collective grows, we’re looking for two passionate individuals to join our Board of Trustees:

📊 Finance Trustee
⚖️ Legal Trustee

This is an opportunity to use your professional skills to help shape the future of a charity supporting people who provide additional support to a loved one.

You’ll help strengthen our governance, guide our growth, and ensure we can reach more carers with the support they deserve.

If you’re looking for a meaningful trustee role where you can make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.

📧 [email protected]

Please share with your network and help us find the right people to join our mission.

29/05/2026

We are currently seeking corporate sponsors to help us reach more unpaid and often unrecognised carers.

Your support could fund:
✨ Wellbeing workshops
✨ Safe community spaces
✨ Connection and support for those who give so much

If your business is ready to create meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you.

📩 [email protected]

27/05/2026

🎙️ At lunchtime today, our Founder Kaddy Thomas joined the John Darvall Show on BBC Radio Bristol to talk about Carers Collective and the compassionate, care-aware community we are working to build. 💛

So many people are quietly supporting a loved one alongside work, family, and everyday life — often without recognising themselves as unpaid carers.

At Carers Collective, we believe nobody should have to do that alone.

Thank you to John Darvall and the BBC Radio Bristol team for helping shine a light on the importance of connection, support, and community for carers everywhere.

🎧 Listen here (from 2:10:10 into the show):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002wl55

23/05/2026

ITV Wales

Life with dementia: How one couple's museum trips are making treasured memories

https://www.itv.com/watch/news/life-with-dementia-how-one-couples-museum-trips-are-making-treasured-memories/hqz78k5

23/05/2026

Carers UK

Listen in this Saturday to Radio 4 Money Box to hear our Chief Executive Helen Walker talking about the financial impact of caring.

Caring can come at a huge cost impacting your ability to work and save for a pension.

Don’t miss this important conversation.

21/05/2026

Many employees are quietly providing additional support to someone they love.

A parent.
A partner.
A child.
A friend.

Yet so many people don’t recognise that what they’re doing is unpaid care.

When carers feel supported, workplaces become stronger, more compassionate, and more connected.

Partnering with Carers Collective helps your organisation:
✔ Support employees balancing work and caring responsibilities
✔ Create a more care-aware workplace culture
✔ Demonstrate meaningful social impact and ESG values

Together, we can help unpaid carers feel seen, supported, and less alone 💛

Let’s start the conversation.

19/05/2026

At the weekend, our wonderful founder Kaddy Thomas appeared on Songs of Praise, sharing her deeply personal journey of caring for her beautiful son, Elijah. 💛

Kaddy spoke with honesty, strength, and compassion about the realities of caring, the love, the challenges, and the importance of feeling seen and supported as a person providing additional support for a loved one.

We are so proud to see Carers Collective represented in such a heartfelt and meaningful way, helping shine a light on the experiences of unpaid carers everywhere.

Thank you, Kaddy, for continuing to use your voice to build understanding, connection, and hope within our communities. ✨

The full episode can be seen on bbc iplayer here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002wmzv/songs-of-praise-caring-matters



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17/05/2026

BBC Songs of Praise please like watch and share?

14/05/2026

It costs just £1,950 to run a full 6 week wellbeing & resilience programme for carers.

This programme can change lives.

We are inviting businesses to:
✨ Sponsor a programme
✨ Fund ongoing support
✨ Be part of something meaningful

This is more than charity.
This is community impact.

If your organisation is looking to align with purpose-driven work, let’s connect.

11/05/2026

Caring for someone else often means putting yourself last.

During Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re shining a light on the emotional load carers carry every day.

Exhaustion. Guilt. Isolation.
And still… they show up.

Our wellbeing workshops give carers permission to pause, breathe, and reconnect with themselves.

Because supporting carers starts with recognising they need support too 💛