According to the Government Equalities Office, national statistics show that there are three million carers in England, having to work and balance family caring responsibilities, with the responsibilities falling most heavily on women aged 50-64. Giving carers support to manage caring alongside paid work would benefit them and give British businesses a potential saving of up to £1.3 billion a year. Therefore, the Government have launched a series of 2-year pilots investigating ways to help carers by exploring how technology can be combined with professional support from the Local Authority and the assistance of informal networks of friends, neighbours and Time Bank volunteers to ease the pressure of caring. The pilots will also explore how businesses can give employees with caring responsibilities more help, for example by promoting flexible working patterns and setting up carers ‘surgeries’.

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