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Carers and the Budget
Today the Chancellor announced that the earnings threshold for Carer’s Allowance will increase by £45 per week from April 2025. With Coalition of Carers In Scotland, we will be urging the Scottish Government to replicate this within Scotland’s Carer Support Payment ( which replaces Carers Allowance in Scotland) to ensure that carers in Scotland do not miss out.
Government must go further with review of Carer’s Allowance overpayments say Carers Trust
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall’s announcement of a review of Carer’s Allowance overpayments.
Borders Carers Centre Annual Review
Our 2023/2024 Annual Review is available now.
Please see the previous Annual Reviews here.
Winter Covid Vaccine
Unpaid carers will not be called to receive the vaccine this Winter. Read more.
The Way Forward Report
Please see the report of our Carers Conference – The Way Forward.
Carers Week 2024
On June 11th, we held our Carers Week event – ‘Putting Carers on the Map’ at the Kingsknowes Hotel in Galashiels.
See our video here
Carers Week 2023
Watch the video of our event in Summer 2023 and hear from local carers about how the Carers Centre has made a difference to their lives here
Borders Carers Centre Annual Review
View the annual review for 2022/23.
Borders Carers Centre Annual Review
View the annual review for 2021/22
