We’re celebrating and supporting unpaid carers this Carers Week and all year

This Carers Week (8th to 14th June 2026), we are celebrating the vital contribution of unpaid carers while continuing our year-round work to ensure carers are identified, informed, supported and heard.

The theme of this year’s Carers Week is Building Carer Friendly Communities, which sits at the heart of everything we do. We achieve this by raising awareness, connecting carers to support, enabling them to share their experiences, and working with services to ensure carers are recognised and supported.

Carers Week activities

 During Carers Week, we are offering a range of activities for family and friend carers across Hertfordshire, both online and in person. These include:

• Our Annual Carers Event, providing information about local support services and workshops.
• An online cooking workshop.
• A sewing activity at our Hemel Hempstead Hub.
• Meetings for our Watford and Berkhamsted Hubs and online groups (morning, evening and a reading group, which is discussing Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto).
• An online barre ballet session.
• A discussion event in St Albans for dementia carers focusing on the first year after diagnosis.

Full details of our activities, along with those organised nationally by Carers UK, are available on our Carers Week page.

Supporting carers now and into the future

Over 46,000 current and former carers are registered with us, up from 45,500 last year, and we continue to develop services to meet growing demand.

We are also launching a new monthly online support group for people caring for someone with dementia, starting on Friday 3rd July 2026 (1.30pm to 2.30pm). This will provide a regular space for carers to connect, share experiences and access advice.

Looking ahead, we are beginning work on our next business plan for April 2027, setting out future priorities to strengthen support for carers across the county and beyond.

We are also proud to continue celebrating our 30th anniversary year until September 2026, marking three decades of supporting carers and building stronger communities.

Chief Executive Michèle Stokes said: “Anyone providing unpaid care to a partner, relative or friend does an amazing job. We want to make sure they recognise themselves as carers and can access the support they need and are entitled to. Without help, carers can face financial hardship, health challenges and emotional stress. By working together, we can build communities that recognise and support carers.”

To get in touch, email contact@carersinherts.org.uk or call 01992 58 69 69.