10-06-2025
Carers Trust Wales helps 50,000 unpaid carers with schemes
This has been through the Short Breaks Scheme and the Carers Support Fund.
The charity helped unpaid carers by working with more than 40 charities, third sector organisations, and local authorities across the country.
The scheme helped carers get breaks and financial support, improving their quality of life.
Simmi Woodwal, CEO of The Honeypot Children's Charity, said: "There are over 8,000 young carers in Wales who desperately need support.
"The funding we receive from the Short Breaks Scheme is incredibly important, it helps us to offer young carers a much-needed break to ensure they are making happy memories and building brighter futures."
Kate Cubbage, director at Carers Trust Wales, said: "We are proud that, together with our network of local carer organisations, Carers Trust Wales has enabled over 21,000 unpaid carers to benefit from the Short Breaks Scheme and helped almost 30,000 unpaid carers through some of the toughest times thanks to the Carers Support Fund.
"If we are serious in our commitment to valuing, sustaining, and recognising unpaid carers in Wales, we need to see an ongoing commitment to these transformative programmes."
