Unpaid carers across Cardiff and the Vale are coming together on 1 October to set priorities, challenge gaps, and push for better recognition.
Be part of the Unpaid Carers Assembly 2026 - your experience matters, and your voice drives the agenda.
Please be aware there are 3 ticket types, so please ensure you select the correct ticket type.
We will also be live-streaming the event for those who cannot attend in person and we will provide details of the livestream nearer to the time.
Event details:
Date: Thursday 1 October 2026
Time: 09:30–16:30
Venue: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground, Cardiff
Register here.
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The DWP has launched the Carer’s Allowance (CA) Call for Evidence. Please see the link here: Carer’s Allowance: call for evidence - GOV.UK.
The Call for Evidence seeks views and evidence on modernising CA and will remain open until 18 August.
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A Carers Week Message From Sarah Rees MS
National Digital Protest - a united call for recognition, rights, and a secure future for unpaid carers
8 July at 12:00 noon, unpaid carers across the UK will come together for the country’s first ever National Digital Protest — a united call for recognition, rights, and a secure future.
For too long, unpaid carers have held families, communities, and the entire social care system together while remaining unseen and unheard. This protest changes that. It brings carers, the cared‑for, supporters, MPs, journalists, and decision‑makers into the same national moment — without travel, without barriers, and without risk.
This is not a meeting.
This is not a webinar.
This is a protest — built for carers, shaped by carers, powered by carers.
Whether you can stay for the full hour or only a few minutes, whether you join silently or speak through the Q&A, your presence counts. Every registration is a voice added to the national picture. Every attendee strengthens the demand for change.
Unpaid carers deserve visibility.
Unpaid carers deserve rights.
Unpaid carers deserve a secure future.
On 8 July, we stand together to say so — clearly, publicly, and at scale.
👉 Register now and be counted. Go to
www.nucuf.com for more information.
👉 Share the link with every carer you know. - https://www.nucuf.com/digiland.html
👉 Help build the largest digital action for carers the UK has ever seen.
NUCUF — Uniting unpaid carers for the recognition and secure future they deserve.
Collaboration Between VOICES ADFOCAD and NUCUF
VOICES ADFOCAD and the National Unpaid Carers Union & Forum (NUCUF) are proud to announce a new collaboration designed to strengthen the voice, power, and representation of unpaid carers and kinship carers across Wales and the UK.
This partnership brings together two peer‑led, lived‑experience organisations committed to the same core principle: those who live the reality of unpaid and kinship care must be at the centre of shaping the policies, systems, and decisions that affect their lives.
Why This Collaboration Matters
- Lived‑experience leadership - Both organisations are founded and led by carers, ensuring that national advocacy is grounded in real‑world experience rather than assumptions.
- Stronger national representation - Together, we will amplify the voices of carers who are too often unheard in policy spaces.
- Shared commitment to rights and accountability - Our collaboration strengthens efforts to close the gap between the rights set out in legislation and the daily reality of caring.
- Building a united movement - By aligning our work, we aim to support a more coordinated, confident, and visible carers’ movement across the UK.
