RECOGNISING FEMALE CARERS THIS MOTHER’S DAY
March is the month that as a nation we celebrate Mother’s Day and I’d like to take a moment to recognise the estimated 2.9 million female carers in the UK.
Experience has taught us how incredibly steadfast many unpaid carers are in their devotion to their loved ones. With the value of unpaid caring work that female carers provide believed to contribute £7.7 billion to the UK economy, we’re passionate to do everything we can to be there for people in a caring role.
I work for Revitalise an incredible charity that provides respite holidays for disabled people and carers all across the UK. We welcome thousands of guests every year, seeing for ourselves the vital importance of respite in enabling carers to spend quality time with their loved ones and to continue coping.
That’s why we’ve chosen Mother’s Day to celebrate marvellous mums everywhere, while highlighting the need to support unpaid family carers
– regardless of their gender – particularly in the respect of regular respite from caring.
I’d like to invite your readers to get behind Revitalise’s essential work supporting carers and their loved ones from across the UK. For more information and to find out how you can help visit WWW.REVITALISE.ORG.UK [1] or call 0303 303 0147.
STEPHANIE STONE, REVITALISE
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