News releases

Carers get protection at work following landmark European Court of Justice case
17 July 2008 Carers get protection at work following landmark European Court of Justice case

A - Z Provides Comfort to Carers
24 June 2008 A new A to Z guide for carers has bee launched by the Northern Trust in partnership with Carers Northern Ireland. The guide provides carers with details on how to access information and support from organisations in the Northern Trust area.

Northern Ireland Carers left in limbo
10 June 2008 The Government’s National Strategy for Carers ‘Carers at the heart of 21st Century families and communities’, was published today. It promises carers in England over £255 million of new investment and groundbreaking new initiatives.

Carers Can't Afford To Be Ill
09 June 2008 New survey highlights health risks for the UK’s six million carers, with significant problems on the horizon, both for carers and those they care for.

Disappointment about Carers Bill
02 May 2008 Carers Northern Ireland today expressed their great disappointment that David McNarry’s Private Members Bill on Carers Allowance appears to have been stopped in its tracks.

Carers Northern Ireland hails landmark case as carers get protection at work
05 February 2008 A carer has won the initial stages of her case at the European Court of Justice which could give new rights to thousands of carers in Northern Ireland.

Carers lose £8,215 a year in earnings
07 December 2007 New statistics, published to coincide with Carers Rights Day on Friday 7 December 2007, show that the average loss in earnings last year by carers in Northern Ireland who had to give up their job, reduce their hours or take a more junior position because of their caring duties was £8,215.

Millions of carers anxiously await outcome of landmark employment case
09 October 2007 Carers UK, and the millions of carers that it represents, are anxiously waiting for the outcome of the landmark employment case that is being heard by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg today (9.10.07), which could radically reform how carers are treated in the workplace.

Carers Northern Ireland welcomes rise in earnings limit on main carer’s benefit
21 September 2007 Today, Carers Northern Ireland welcomed the Government’s announcement that the earnings limit on Carer’s Allowance is set to rise to £95 on 1 October 2007, after listening to Carers UK concerns that carers were losing out because of rises in the National Minimum Wage.

Carers save Northern Ireland £3.12 billion per year
20 September 2007 The value of unpaid support that carers provide in Northern Ireland has now reached £3.12 billion a year according to a new report(1) published today (Thursday 20 September 2007) by Carers UK. Across the whole of the UK, carers contribute £87 billion unpaid work - more than the annual total spend on the NHS, which stood at £82 billion last year.

Prime Minister announces Carer Commission
10 September 2007 Gordon Brown says that caring is an issue that affects us all and sets up a standing commission on carers. Read Carers Northern Ireland 's response