National Carers Week

21/08/2026

18/08/2026

12/08/2026

Are you a stroke survivor or family carer living in Ireland? Jessica Nolan, a postgraduate researcher at Anglia Ruskin University, is looking for participants for a new study. She wants to explore how stroke survivors and their carers use faith or spirituality during recovery and caregiving.

Who can take part?

Stroke survivors or carers living in the Republic of Ireland.
Adults aged 18 or older.

What is involved?

You will participate in a 45-minute interview, which can be done over the phone or via video call. All participant details will be completely anonymised to protect your privacy.

Interested?
To take part or learn more, please contact Jessica Nolan at [email protected]

15/07/2026

Are you a current or former family carer who is also bisexual, pansexual, or non-monosexual? If so, a Doctoral researcher in UCC would love to hear from you. Participation in this research involves a once-off interview with Zoe, discussing things like your experiences, your support needs, and your challenges and skills you’ve developed being a family carer. For more details about the research visit www.queercaring.com You can contact Zoe by emailing [email protected]

01/07/2026

Are you a former family carer? Are you looking for some guidance on the next stage in your life post-caring. Our complimentary booklet 'The Way Ahead' is available on request at https://forms.gle/FEcudgGXqxxEkYSZ7

19/06/2026

Shannon McLarkey is a Health Psychology Masters student, conducting a research study looking at “The Experiences of Family Caregivers of Relatives with Dementia in Ireland and England”. The study involves a short online survey and an online interview. She is mainly interested in gaining your experiences of being a relative of a family member with dementia. To participate in this study, you must be: Aged 18 or over; Have a sufficient understanding and ability to communicate in the English language; Living in the Republic of Ireland or England; A family carer of a relative with dementia.
If you wish to participate in this research study, please sign up using the QR code in the poster attached. Alternatively, please press the following link:https://forms.office.com/e/wgWgnPk6Rp?origin=lprLink . If you have any questions please contact the researcher via her email address at: [email protected] .

17/06/2026

If you live or work in the Dublin and South East Region this might interest you. (Applications are invited from anyone over 18 years old living or working in area that includes Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Dublin South and Wicklow.)

16/06/2026

We have 2 little helpers for the last of the care packs! Bribery with ice lollies may have happened! :D

15/06/2026

Thank you all so much for sharing your feedback on what carers week means to you. This is a visual of the key words that came up.

Our main goal for carers week is about visibility and connection and we are so glad to see this reflected.

Our final winners for the week are:

Angela Hickey
Aisling McDonagh
Christina Frawley
Lana Gormley
Stacey Maples
Natasha
Linda Cox
Catherine Mason
Colette Maguire
Ann Boyle
Rosemary Mulligan Joubert
Kathleen o’Toole
Sarah
Jean feery
Gwen Drennan
Mairead Slevin
Angela Tobin
Antoinette Henry
Mary Walsh
Lorna cotter
Claire Merrigan
Jacqueline Downey
Barbara Roche
Margaret Tai
Rosie Dunphy
Nessa noonan
Shell Reynolds
Samantha kendellen
Noelle hennessy
Pauline Nolan
Tanya Hernandez
Geraldine McCarthy
Monica grogan
Susan Goggin
Marie O'Dowd
Barry O’Brien
Nicola Farrington
Kerry O Brien
Carla Thompson
Laura cribbin
Tina furlong Murray
Niamh Lawlor
Sarah Darcy
Michelle Hewitt Thompson
Brendan stephenson
Louise Fennessy
Lynn Carberry
Tony Warren
Frances O Toole
Juliette Wells
Jacinta Crowley

15/06/2026

Update; Winner chosen from random through a random number generator is Noreen Doogan. €50 voucher on its way to you. Thanks to all who took the time to give us feedback. Most appreciated.
===========================================As another Carers Week draws to a close we would like to thank you all. Thank you for your feedback, your engagement, your participation. Thank you to those who used their voices, to share their stories, to advocate for their community. Thank you to all of those who reached out, who made connections, who helped, in any way, to make caring visible.
We know a week is not enough. We know that tomorrow your caring will continue and that you may again feel invisible. We know that care packs and events do not make up for the lack of societal awareness and do not provide all the supports you need. Please know that our mission to support you does not end today. We are here to advocate for you, to support you, to create a community of safe space for you, every single week of the year.
If you have a spare moment at any stage over the next few days we would really appreciate your feedback which will help in our planning of Carers Week 2027. The survey will take less than 10 minutes and will remain open until noon on Tuesday June 16th. All respondents can opt in to a draw for a €50 One4All Voucher.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on Carers Week 2026 (June 8th-14th). This survey is open to all family carers in the Republic of Ireland — you don't need to have attended any Carers Week events to take part. There are no right or wrong answers; honest feedback will help us imp...