The Centre for Care is studying unpaid carers, and care more broadly, in different community settings, they have put together a roundup of some of their community-focused research, and opportunities to get involved in improving support for carers in the UK.
In 2025 they launched the Unpaid Care Dashboard, which uses Census data to provide key statistics about carers in over 300 Local Authority areas in England and Wales. The dashboard can be used to improve general understandings of patterns of care, learn how resources or services might be changed to support local populations, and to help support the development of business cases.
This week they have added a new function to the Unpaid Care Dashboard webpage, downloadable council motions detailing key statistics in every Local Authority in England and Wales. This means council members can easily advocate for a better strategy for supporting unpaid carers in their area.
Are you in touch with your local council members? Let them know about this easily accessible data!
Members of the team are travelling this week to talk about their research, check out the Centre for Care website for full details: Carers Week 2026: ‘Building Carer-friendly communities’