From Competition to Collaboration: the Interface between Informal and Formal Carers
“Collaboration for Care” was a knowledge exchange project which ran for seven months until April 2024. A range of partners working to improve support to informal carers in Scotland, Wales and the EU (under the umbrella of Eurocarers) wanted to work together and with others to promote collaboration in practice and policy (appendix 1). Recognising escalating international challenges from climate change, increasing poverty and inequality, to shortages of staff in key jobs, the project provided a timely opportunity to consider the question:
How do we promote collaboration between informal (unpaid) and formal (paid) carers despite enduring structural limitations?
