What do participants need to do: Online Survey
How long will it take? 20-30 minutes
Will I get paid? No
Is this for research, policy or services? All
Who can take part? Unpaid Carers
Location: Online
Last year over 11,600 of unpaid carers filled in Carers Wales’s State of Caring survey.
It’s incredibly important to be able to use your responses in Carers Wales policy and campaigning work. It is vital that carers' voices are used to campaign for change from the next UK Government and from Governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Responses from last year were used to make several recommendations to prevent carer poverty through the newly launched Carer Poverty Coalition, a group of 130 national and local organisations which recently published a manifesto on supporting carers facing financial hardship. Responses also informed the recently published manifesto calling on political parties to commit to a new social contract for unpaid carers, as well as a new report published with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers which called for a National Carers Strategy.
This year, the survey covers issues and areas that carers have said matter to them. It may take around 20-30 minutes to complete. If you don't get to the end, your responses will be saved and sent to Carers Wales, even if you don’t finish. However, please continue with the questions as far as possible. This allows Carers Wales to advocate far better for carers.
Any comments you provide will not be identified as yours unless you give Carers Wales permission to contact you, and they receive agreement from you to do so. This survey is confidential, and your personal details will never be passed onto a third party. The anonymised results of this survey will be published.
Please note that this survey is only for unpaid carers (or former unpaid carers) who are looking after a disabled, older or seriously ill relative or friend. The survey closes on 11 August and results will be publish later this year.
Click here to complete the survey
