It’s time to put caring for carers at the heart of our society and practice.
There are 4.1m full-time unpaid carers in the UK. 68% can't get a break when they need one.
It’s time to put caring for carers at the heart of our society and practice.
There are 4.1m full-time unpaid carers in the UK. 68% can't get a break when they need one.
It’s time to put caring for carers at the heart of our society and practice.
There are 4.1m full-time unpaid carers in the UK. 68% can't get a break when they need one.
It’s time to put caring for carers at the heart of our society and practice.
There are 4.1m full-time unpaid carers in the UK. 68% can't get a break when they need one.
Invisible / Invaluable
Families are the invisible backbone of our healthcare system, providing 80% of homecare in the UK and saving the public purse £162bn a year (equivalent to the entire NHS budget). Yet most of us are unaware of their extraordinary contribution and how this issue will touch our lives at some point.
Invisible / Invaluable
Families are the invisible backbone of our healthcare system, providing 80% of homecare in the UK and saving the public purse £162bn a year (equivalent to the entire NHS budget). Yet most of us are unaware of their extraordinary contribution and how this issue will touch our lives at some point.
Invisible / Invaluable
Families are the invisible backbone of our healthcare system, providing 80% of homecare in the UK and saving the public purse £162bn a year (equivalent to the entire NHS budget). Yet most of us are unaware of their extraordinary contribution and how this issue will touch our lives at some point.
Invisible / Invaluable
Families are the invisible backbone of our healthcare system, providing 80% of homecare in the UK and saving the public purse £162bn a year (equivalent to the entire NHS budget). Yet most of us are unaware of their extraordinary contribution and how this issue will touch our lives at some point.
OUR IMPACT
10,000
breaks delivered
£2.75m
Donated hotel stays
62%
Say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing
OUR IMPACT
10,000
breaks delivered
£2.75m
Donated hotel stays
62%
Say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing
OUR IMPACT
10,000
breaks delivered
£2.75m
Donated hotel stays
62%
Say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing
OUR IMPACT
10,000
breaks delivered
£2.75m
Donated hotel stays
62%
Say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing
When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.
Rowan, who looks after his mum
When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.
Rowan, who looks after his mum
When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.
Rowan, who looks after his mum
When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.
Rowan, who looks after his mum
Why breaks matter
Caring full-time is complex and relentless. Carers are twice as likely to experience poor physical and mental health. Without support carers can burn out and the care they provide for their loved ones suffers.
To make matters worse, carers often experience a shrinking world and financial difficulties as they have to give up employment or reduce their hours. That’s why 68% of unpaid carers are unable to get a break from their caring role when needed (Carers Trust 2023).
The impact
Carefree is radically reshaping access to carer breaks nationwide by making it easy for the hotel industry to donate its excess capacity. Every week there are 1 million unsold hotel rooms in the UK. We turn those empty rooms into priceless short breaks for those in need of respite.
A break gives a carer the chance of a good night’s sleep, the time to connect with a friend, partner or child and the chance to do things they ordinarily can’t get the space for like read a book, go for a swim, take a walk.
But this intervention isn’t just making a difference at the individual level. It’s building resilience into a social care system that is overstretched and unresourced, without adding any additional cost to the public purse.
95%
Improvement in wellbeing
86%
Better able to cope with their caring role
76%
Feel less socially isolated
The impact
Carefree is radically reshaping access to carer breaks nationwide by making it easy for the hotel industry to donate its excess capacity. Every week there are 1 million unsold hotel rooms in the UK. We turn those empty rooms into priceless short breaks for those in need of respite.
A break gives a carer the chance of a good night’s sleep, the time to connect with a friend, partner or child and the chance to do things they ordinarily can’t get the space for like read a book, go for a swim, take a walk.
But this intervention isn’t just making a difference at the individual level. It’s building resilience into a social care system that is overstretched and unresourced, without adding any additional cost to the public purse.
95%
Improvement in wellbeing
86%
Better able to cope with their caring role
76%
Feel less socially isolated
The impact
Carefree is radically reshaping access to carer breaks nationwide by making it easy for the hotel industry to donate its excess capacity. Every week there are 1 million unsold hotel rooms in the UK. We turn those empty rooms into priceless short breaks for those in need of respite.
A break gives a carer the chance of a good night’s sleep, the time to connect with a friend, partner or child and the chance to do things they ordinarily can’t get the space for like read a book, go for a swim, take a walk.
But this intervention isn’t just making a difference at the individual level. It’s building resilience into a social care system that is overstretched and unresourced, without adding any additional cost to the public purse.
95%
Improvement in wellbeing
86%
Better able to cope with their caring role
76%
Feel less socially isolated
The impact
Carefree is radically reshaping access to carer breaks nationwide by making it easy for the hotel industry to donate its excess capacity. Every week there are 1 million unsold hotel rooms in the UK. We turn those empty rooms into priceless short breaks for those in need of respite.
A break gives a carer the chance of a good night’s sleep, the time to connect with a friend, partner or child and the chance to do things they ordinarily can’t get the space for like read a book, go for a swim, take a walk.
But this intervention isn’t just making a difference at the individual level. It’s building resilience into a social care system that is overstretched and unresourced, without adding any additional cost to the public purse.
95%
Improvement in wellbeing
86%
Better able to cope with their caring role
76%
Feel less socially isolated
Get registered with Carefree today.
Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner.
Get registered with Carefree today.
Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner.
Get registered with Carefree today.
Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner.
Get registered with Carefree today.
Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner.
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