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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Feb 14

👋 We’ve left the other place and hoping to find a home here.

If you love unpaid carers, the people who support them or are one, do say hi.

We’d love to connect 😄

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 18d

For #WorldAlzheimersDay Kat looked at rehabilation in her new blog Mind Matters

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World Alzheimer’s Day 2025: Why Dementia Rehabilitation Matters for Caregivers. - DementiaWho!

On World Alzheimer’s Day 2025, I reflect on the World Alzheimer Report and why dementia rehabilitation matters for caregivers and loved ones.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 19d

A statement from We Care 🧡

#UKPolitics #Politics

Statement of solidarity which condemns racism, islamophobia at the moment in UK. You'll always have a home at We Care x

We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 20d

In @dailymirrornews.bsky.social today - with thanks to @martinbagot.bsky.social

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'I'm a full-time carer - people don't realise they're one accident from my life'

Katy Styles, a full-time carer from Canterbury, has warned people

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Tracy @tracyh.bsky.social · 21d

Oh yes, can go on about this at length.
My council will only fund things that make for a press opportunity, like hiring a bus to go around telling us about our rights.
Actually ask for our rights, ask for the support people actually need... silence.
If I hear the say "coproduction" one more time...

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 21d

Oh Tracy we feel for you.
Sorry this is your experience.

We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 21d

What’s happening this Friday in the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill.

This from the @hansardsociety.bsky.social

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Assisted dying bill: What will happen at Second Reading on Friday 19 September?

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - the Bill to legalise assisted dying - has passed through the House of Commons and now reached the House of Lords. A rare two-day Second Reading debate be...

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 21d

Hi Tracy,
We produced a report with Carers Trust last year detailing the reality of carers rights here if you want to read it.

You can imagine what’s in it.

carers.org/downloads/ca...

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 23d

Great to hand in the “Give Carers A Break” petition with Carers Trust today.

Read about it below #ProtestFromHome

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Carers’ petition demands Government gives carers the legal right to a break

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 24d

Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 29d

We worked so hard during Covid to get carers flagged onto GP systems. It was an uphill battle then.

Even got a carer to talk to then vaccine minister as it got ridiculous. Often receptionists didn’t understand carers could be any age.

It’s something that needs addressing.

We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · 29d

Yes realise that from not having mine.

Glad you get called in for flu shot. It’s the least they can do…. So many carers still not recognised by their GPs as carers so not flagged for this.

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Tracy @tracyh.bsky.social · 29d

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I would really like commissioners in adult social care to acknowledge the needs of unpaid carers, such as parents who look after adult children.
They don’t seem to understand that unpaid carers also have bills to pay.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's #TakeActionTuesday again

Theres a petition to fund covid jab boosters for Clinically Vulnerable People.

If that's something that's affecting you or your family you can sign here

Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters

'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care…

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Why are unpaid carers stuck in a cycle of misery narratives?"

Join us as @minkaur5 and @SangeetaITV dig into the "Misery Olympics" and why it's time for a media makeover.

Episode 12 of "Care Fully Considered" is out now.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 3

➡️ Full round-up: buff.ly/fktntUE

Carers deserve to be visible, valued & treated fairly. 💜 3/3

Sign up to the weekly Edit here ▶️ bit.ly/sign-upWeCar...

Sign up to our action emails. Let us do the heavy lifting for you. You won't have to hunt around for carer content. We'll send an email full of campaign actions, news and resources with our own…

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎧 Podcast: Patrick Butler on why overpayments happen & what must change
📝 Blog by @numberEighteenInTheCorner
📰 Private Eye spotlight
💬 Nicola’s story
💡 Katy’s LinkedIn reflection

Plus 5 actions you can take this week—from signing petitions to surveys & opportunities in Wales. 2/3

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 3

Parliament’s about to return—but for unpaid carers, there’s no “summer recess.”

The Sayce Review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments is expected soon. It could be a turning point.

Carers shouldn’t be punished or pushed into poverty for caring.

🧵 Here are this week’s key reads & actions ⬇️ 1/3

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 2

💥 #TakeActionTuesday 💥

Parliament's back. let's remind MPs about Clinically Vulnerable people.

- keep covid boosters

This year only those aged 75 years or are living in a care home are eligible for a covid booster.

✍️ Sign the petition here

Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters

'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care…

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 1

A day in the life of an unpaid carer might look like:

• 6am meds

• 2 loads of laundry

• Calls to the GP

• Chasing a broken care package

• No break

• No thanks

#RunningOnEmpty #UnpaidCarers

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Sep 1

Parliament's back today. But unpaid carers? We never left.

While decision makers were on recess, we were still caring - round the clock.

💬 What do you wish MPs would understand about your reality this week?

#VisibleAndValued #UnpaidCarers

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Carers Worldwide @carersworldwide.bsky.social · Aug 29

In our latest #HumansCare interview, we speak with Katy Styles, founder of @wecarecampaign.bsky.social about her journey from caring for her husband to becoming a national advocate for carers’ rights ✨

Read her inspiring story here 👇🏽

Katy Styles, Founder of the We Care Campaign

We were very pleased to speak with Katy Styles, founder of the We Care Campaign and co-host of the podcast Care Fully Considered.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 27

ICYMI, this #CarersWeek, at the start of the Summer @numbereighteenroundthecorner Laura Barnes' interviewed @patrickjbutler.bsky.social and @joshhalliday.bsky.social in this blog about their work on Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal

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Hero journos

I’m going to say it again- unpaid carers are not heroes. We’re trapped, tired, and ignored. Some people who work at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) even think we’re crim…

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's #TakeActionTuesday

💬 As we await the Sayce Review, into Carers Allowance overpayments, due out soon, what would you say to those in power right now?

We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you only listen to one thing this week, make it our episode with @Patrickjbutler of the Guardian speaking about the Carers Allowance Overpayments Scandal.

Get ready for the Sayce Review out soon.

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We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Want to understand how we got here? These are the resources unpaid carers are using to make sense of the Carer’s Allowance chaos:
Patrick Butler podcast 🎧 buff.ly/iH9368a

@NumberEighteen blog buff.ly/LcH0fxJ

Private Eye YouTube video 🎥 buff.ly/ZebYrsC

#CarersDeserveBetter #SayceReview

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