Carers Link Lancashire is an independent registered charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee whose aim is to support unpaid carers across the boroughs of East Lancashire.

 

Carers Link Lancashire was founded in April 2014 from the previous organisation of Carers Link Hyndburn & Ribble Valley and the adult carers team from Carers Contact.

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The original Carers Link was founded in April 1997 as a community care project of the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service. Carers Contact was a project founded in 2000 by the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service.

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You can find information about the purpose and vision of the company by clicking here, and how we are funded to provide the various projects & services and which organisations we work closely with by clicking here.

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You can also view our Annual Reports and biannual magazines by heading to our 'Publications'.

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The facts

• There are around 12,000 new Carers every day (Carers UK, 2022)

• It is estimated that there are around 6.5 million carers in the UK, around 1 in every 8 people

• Centre for Care research in 2019, in collaboration with Carers UK and based on ‘Understanding Society’ data, found that people in the UK have a 65% chance of providing care for a loved one in their adult life.

• Carers save the economy £162 billion per year (Carers UK, 2024)