This Carers Week, 8th – 14th June 2026, we are celebrating the amazing carers in East Sussex, thanking them for everything they do. Carers Week is also an important time to raise awareness of caring, and it highlights the challenges that unpaid carers face.
This year, Carers Week takes place from 8th -14th June. The week celebrates and recognises the vital contribution made by the UK’s unpaid carers – 1 in 10 people in East Sussex – who look after a relative, friend or neighbour who couldn’t manage without them.
Please visit the Carers Week 2026 page to find out more and download resources to will show your support for carers and importantly, help raise awareness.
‘Building Carer Friendly Communities’ is this year’s Carers Week theme. This theme focusses on the benefits that carer-friendly spaces, organisations and businesses can have by helping to identify and support carers.
Carers and their friends and family, local organisations and businesses can all get involved to recognise and celebrate carers, show support, and work towards an equal society, where carers are truly valued, recognised and supported.
