Carers Card
Our national carers card helps support, recognise and reward carers
Your card provides reassurance by including your emergency contact details, whilst unlocking discounts, a wellbeing hub, our Carer Circle tool, and so much more through our app.
Available to all unpaid and paid carers.
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Online discounts for carers
Your card unlocks online discounts for carers. Make great savings instantly.
Our app is jam-packed with online savings spread across 21 categories - everything from food & drink to days out.
Carer identification
When supporting someone you can access certain benefits, information, support and advice. Providing proof that you care for someone can be extremely useful when it’s required. This may be at a hospital, school, attraction, shop or even in an emergency.
Although our carers card provides identification it also supports you in a variety of other ways. Everything from wellbeing to discounts through our dedicated app.
In the case of an emergency
Your card can hold x2 'In Case of Emergency (ICE)' contact details which are an essential piece of information that can be used if you are taken ill or injured. Anyone that's shown or discovers the card has up to two contacts they can call.
A 'Carer's Emergency Plan' is an extremely useful document outlining key information about the person you care for. You can create your plan and share it within your Carer Circle (see below) and via your card by scanning the QR code.
* Creating a 'Carers Emergency Plan' is an optional feature
Personal support
We're here for you. Our app is designed to improve your well-being, coping skills, and more, to help you live a healthier life.
Your account includes a catalogue of support information; everything from guides to best practices. You can also create your very own 'Self-help care plan' for daily support.
Your Carer Circle
Our 'Carer Circle' tool helps you organise your care by allowing you to add notes, tasks, appointments, medication lists as well as monitoring the wellbeing of the person you care for.
If you share the responsibility of caring with others then you can invite them into your Carer Circle. It makes the task of sharing responsibility easier by helping you work as a team. It’s an excellent way to be kept everyone up to date.
* Creating a 'Carer Circle' is an optional feature
Wellbeing Hub
We're on a mission to improve the health and happiness of all carers. An important part of keeping fit and healthy is to take care of your own mental health.
Our Wellbeing Hub provides a great source of useful advice, videos and audiobooks to help with your wellbeing.
Our letter to the PM
Add your support to the 11,051 people who have already signed!
We're fully committed to advocating for unpaid carers. This is why we're sending an open letter to the UK government to urge them to provide more support and resources. Unpaid carers deserve better recognition and assistance, and your voice can help make a difference. Please find out more and join us in this important effort to improve the lives of carers across the UK.
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The UK's No1 Carers Card
- Physical ID card
- Digital ID card
- iOS / Android app
- Discounts, offers & perks
- Carer Circle tool
- Personal support
- Wellbeing hub
- Carers emergency plan
- Emergency contact details
Not sure if you're eligible? Find out here
Frequently asked questions
Here are the questions we get asked the most
Who is eligible for this card?
Our card is for anyone that looks after, cares or supports someone (including those receiving carers allowance). This includes providing support for someone that needs help because of a mental health problem, illness, disability, frailty, or addiction. If you care for someone you're a carer. Our card fee is £8 for 2-years membership. Not sure if you're eligible? Find out here
If I receive carers allowance can I still have a card?
Yes, you can. Our card/app is available for anyone who provides care for someone whether they receive carers allowance or not. What is Carers Allowance?
Do I need to provide any documentation?
No. We appreciate that the majority of carers (approx. 90%) do not have any official documentation stating that they are a carer. As part of our registration process, you will be asked a series of questions which will enable us to validate your suitability for the card.
Can young carers have this card?
Yes, our card is available for young carers. Any carer over the age of 16 can order their card. For those younger than 16 we ask that a person over 16 applies on their behalf. This is required due to our GDPR policies.
How much is the card?
Our card costs just £8 and is valid for the period of 2 years. This includes our free app that provides access to hundreds of online discounts, plus additional features, tools and services designed to support you in your role as a carer.
Why do you have an app?
Our app is the perfect companion to our card. It's a great way to access your digital ID card and all the features available, such as, discounts, wellbeing hub, carer circle, and much more. *You can also access your account online via a pc or mobile browser.
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Meet the Founders
Our focus has always been to make a real difference in carers' lives.
CarersCardUK helps ensure that every carer in the UK is recognised, supported and rewarded for the incredibly demanding job they do.
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