Carers Week 2023 5th-11th June

This Carers Week people across the UK will raise awareness of the incredible role unpaid carers play in our society.  We will be shining a light on the experience of those who care for a loved one with motor neuron disease (MND). Too often unpaid carers fall through the cracks and miss out on much-needed support.  

Caring for a loved one with MND can be relentless and exhausting, and those providing such care often do so with little support or training.  

But not everyone who provides care sees themselves as a carer. Only 4% of respondents to our national survey last year identified themselves as carers. Many more people see what they do to be part of their role as a partner, spouse, family member or friend.  Yet, under the Carers (Scotland) Act (2016) carers have rights to support and protection.  MND Scotland, through our services and policy work, strives to help carers of people with MND access the support they need and are entitled to. 

With the focus of this year’s Carers Week being ‘Recognising and supporting carers in the community’, over the next four days we will be highlighting four stories from people who have cared for, or currently care for, loved ones with MND*. These stories will play an important role in raising awareness and setting the scene for our policy work over the coming months as we continue to influence and shape developments in social care, and support for unpaid carers, at a national level.