This year marks a very special milestone for Carers Link Lancashire as we celebrate 25 years of supporting and improving the lives of carers across East Lancashire.

 

Throughout our Silver Jubilee year, we’ll be reflecting on our journey — the past, the present, and the future. From our beginnings to where we are today, our focus has always been the same: supporting carers and recognising the vital role they play.

 

We are now proud to support over 14,000 people caring for family members. None of this would be possible without our dedicated staff team, trustees, volunteers, and the wider community who stand with us.

 

We have lots planned to celebrate our journey and will be inviting everyone to join us throughout the year. We’ll be sharing more details very soon — watch this space.

 

 

About Carers Link Lancashire

 

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:

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• 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)