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Community Interest Company
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our goal is to shine a light on carers (unpaid). We want to make the challenges and joys carers cope with every day visible.
Define Carer (Unpaid)
A carer is someone who provides support to family or friends who cannot manage without this help. This can be caring for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or substance misuse problems. All while not receiving living wage.
Carers Allowance is currently £83.30 for 35+ hours a week, which works out at roughly £2.38 per hour. National Living Wage for 21-year-olds is currently £12.21 per hour.
There are 4.7 million registered carers in England.
We entered the SCIE Social Care Impact Awards as we have always been passionate about supporting carers to have a voice and be heard. As a small organisation only consisting of two artists in this current financial climate, we have found it incredibly difficult to ensure this underrepresented group, who often do not have their rights met, stories are shared and celebrated. It is an honour for our work to be recognised by the Social Care Institute of Excellence, whose value is to celebrate good practice, and we hope that this award will not only support us to continue our work but also to show carers they are valued!
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