Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support.

It is celebrated on 8-14 June this year (2026) and the theme is Building Carer Friendly Communities, to highlight the impact that carer-friendly communities can have in making a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere..

Below are some blog articles and events on our website that relate to Carers Week:

Carers Week Well-being Day 2026

Carers Week Well-being Day 2026

This Carers Week, we have partnered again with Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation for a Well-being Day and celebration! Join us for some nice food and indulge in self-care activities with fellow parents and carers of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people in

By Jordan @ MPCF|2026-05-24T18:15:50+01:00June 9th, 2026|Categories: Celebration, Co-Production, Community, Food, Fun, Shiloh's Way|Tags: Carers Week, mental health and wellbeing, NHS Greater Manchester, Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation, self-care|

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Shiloh’s Way and RTJF)

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Shiloh’s Way and RTJF)

This Carers Week, we have partnered again with Shiloh's Way and Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation for a Well-being Day and celebration! Join us for a chat, some nice food, and indulge in self-care activities with fellow parents and carers of children/ young people with

By Jordan @ MPCF|2025-06-07T14:41:59+01:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: Celebration, Community, Fun, Shiloh's Way|Tags: Carers Week, mental health and wellbeing, Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation, self-care, Shiloh's Way|

Carers Week Self-Care Morning (With Manchester Parent Champions and RANI)

Carers Week Self-Care Morning (With Manchester Parent Champions and RANI)

This Carers Week, we have partnered with the Manchester Parent Champions and Raising Awareness on Neurodivergent Individuals (RANI) for a well-being day and celebration! Join us for a chat, some nice food, and indulge in self-care activities with fellow parents and carers of children/

By Jordan @ MPCF|2025-06-07T14:19:30+01:00June 9th, 2025|Categories: Celebration, Community, Fun, Manchester Parent Champions, Raising Awareness on Neurodivergent Individuals (RANi)|Tags: Carers Week, Manchester Parent Champions, mental health and wellbeing, RANI, self-care|

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Dare 2 b Different)

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Dare 2 b Different)

This Carers Week, we have partnered with Dare 2 b Different for a Well-being Day and celebration! Join us for a chat, some nice food, and indulge in self-care activities with fellow parents and carers of children/ young people with additional needs or disabilities

By Jordan @ MPCF|2024-06-07T19:09:43+01:00June 14th, 2024|Categories: Celebration, Community|Tags: Carers Week, Dare 2 B Different, Levenshulme, Longsight, mental health and wellbeing, South Manchester|

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Shiloh’s Way and RTJF)

Carers Week Well-being Day (With Shiloh’s Way and RTJF)

This Carers Week, we have partnered with Shiloh's Way and Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation for a Well-being Day and celebration! Join us for a chat, some nice food, and indulge in self-care activities with fellow parents and carers of children/ young people with Special Educational

By Jordan @ MPCF|2025-06-07T14:42:47+01:00June 11th, 2024|Categories: Celebration, Community, Shiloh's Way|Tags: Carers Week, mental health and wellbeing, Ronaldo Thierry Johnson Foundation, Shiloh's Way|

Manchester SEND Parent/Carer Morning (Carers Week Special)

Manchester SEND Parent/Carer Morning (Carers Week Special)

This event is a fantastic way to meet, chat, and indulge in some self-care with fellow parents & carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in a relaxed and friendly setting. You will have an opportunity to: Get

By Jordan @ MPCF|2023-05-31T18:27:25+01:00June 8th, 2023|Categories: Celebration, Coffee Morning, Community, Learning|Tags: Carers Week, coffee morning, Martenscroft Nursery School and Sure Start Children's Centre, mental health and wellbeing, MPCF book library, SEND Survey, well|

Meditation and Painting to Music

Meditation and Painting to Music

Join us for this (belated) Carers Week special designed to help parents and carers relax, express yourself and have fun! This is a mindfulness activity that involves painting to music. No particular art skills or prior experience is necessary; it would just be about

By Jordan @ MPCF|2022-06-03T12:38:13+01:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: Celebration, Community, Fun, Music|Tags: art, Beswick, Carers Week, Grange Community Resource Centre, mental health and wellbeing, mindfulness, music|

SPACE Support Group – Carers Week Special

SPACE Support Group – Carers Week Special

To celebrate Carers Week, the SPACE Group are running an extra special session today, in partnership with the Parent Champions and Yoga for All Manchester, with the support of Manchester's SEND Local Offer.There will be a free yoga session in the first hour, 11am-12pm. (UPDATE:

By Jordan @ MPCF|2022-06-09T16:33:59+01:00June 10th, 2022|Categories: Celebration, Community, Fun, Manchester Parent Champions, Support Group, Workshop|Tags: Carers Week, mental health and wellbeing, Parent Champions, SPACE Group, support group, yoga, Yoga for All Manchester|

Concert for Parents and Carers – with The Cheeky Charlies and Music in Hospitals & Care

Concert for Parents and Carers – with The Cheeky Charlies and Music in Hospitals & Care

To celebrate Carers Week, we are hosting a relaxed musical performance for parents and carers of children & young people with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) in Manchester. We know that many of us parent-carers may have little or no access to live music.

By Jordan @ MPCF|2022-05-30T12:05:27+01:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Community, Fun, Music|Tags: Broadhurst Community Centre, Carers Week, concert, Moston, music, Music in Hospitals & Care, The Cheeky Charlies|

Carers Week 2021 – Call for photos, stories, poems

Carers Week 2021 – Call for photos, stories, poems

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify

By Jordan @ MPCF|2021-06-13T12:22:31+01:00June 13th, 2021|Categories: Celebration|Tags: Carers Week|

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