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

10,729

Breaks delivered

£2.95m

Donated hotel stays

62%

Of carers say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing

OUR IMPACT

10,729

Breaks delivered

£2.95m

Donated hotel stays

62%

Of carers say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing

OUR IMPACT

10,729

Breaks delivered

£2.95m

Donated hotel stays

62%

Of carers say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing

OUR IMPACT

10,729

Breaks delivered

£2.95m

Donated hotel stays

62%

Of carers say they need support with their mental health & wellbeing

portrait of Rowan, carer who looks after his mum, who went on a break with carefree

When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.

Rowan, who looks after his mum

portrait of Rowan, carer who looks after his mum, who went on a break with carefree

When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.

Rowan, who looks after his mum

portrait of Rowan, carer who looks after his mum, who went on a break with carefree

When I'm on a break - I'm like the real Rowan. Carefree and just living life.

Rowan, who looks after his mum

portrait of Rowan, carer who looks after his mum, who went on a break with carefree

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

88%

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

88%

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

88%

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

88%

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. 

Illustration of a carere taking a break flying a kyte

Get registered with Carefree today.

Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner. 

Illustration of a carere taking a break flying a kyte

Get registered with Carefree today.

Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner. 

Illustration of a carere taking a break flying a kyte

Get registered with Carefree today.

Your well-deserved break is waiting just around the corner. 

Illustration of a carere taking a break flying a kyte

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Give Rooms

Become a Carefree Breakmaker

Refer Carers

Join our network of Community Partners

Donate

Support our mission to get every carer a break

Give Rooms

Become a Carefree Breakmaker

Refer Carers

Join our network of Community Partners

Donate

Support our mission to get every carer a break