Across Europe, a substantial number of children and young people provide care to a family member or a friend who has a disability, chronic disease, frailty, addiction or other condition related to a long-term care need. These children – young carers–…
About us Eurocarers is the European network representing informal carers and their organisations, irrespective of the particular age or health need of the person they are caring for. Our network currently brings together 71 carers’ organisations as well as relevant…
As we all know firsthand, the COVID-19 pandemic is not only heavily affecting the daily life of millions of people across the world, it also has a particularly damaging impact on already vulnerable communities, such as informal carers. In order…
Incontinence is still one of the most strongly tabooed health topics in our societies. Yet, it is a widespread condition which affects 50 million people across the EU and impacts the daily life of more than 15 million informal carers…
Eurocarers publishes today a Policy Paper presenting how the EU should address the key challenges that informal carers face in accessing their rights, in response to a public Consultation launched by the European Commission on the implementation of the European…
Eurocarers just published a position paper on the Implementation of Work-Life Balance Directive and new Carers’ Rights in Europe. This position paper aims to provide a user-friendly overview of the state of play on the implementation of the Work-Life Directive and,…
The co-chairs of the European Parliament's Informal Carers Interest Group call on MEPs to join up and help provide carers a "strong Parliamentary voice" Read the article signed by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Luke Ming Flanagan and Marisa Matias in the Parliament Magazine
Eurocarers invites tenders from experienced consultants to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Evaluation services regarding the activities of our network in the area of advocacy and policy communication. More information here
We are very pleased to share with you a recap of our activities in 2019. This year we have opted for a more interactive format, we hope that you will find it interesting. https://eurocarers.org/2019-annual-report/
Together with the International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM) and nine other healthcare NGOs, Eurocarers called for more attention to be paid to the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on mental health and well-being worldwide. During the…
Eurocarers is a member of the Social Platform.