Carers UK
@CarersUK · United Kingdom · joined 02 Mar 2009
Caring for a relative or friend? When caring affects you and your family Carers UK is here to provide the support and advice you need.
66 862Followers
2 817Following
24 844Posts total
562.7KViews on collected posts
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Urgent government action is needed including the introduction of a statutory right to paid Carer’s Leave. Read our report and recommendations for change: https://t.co/xJWerxr7v5
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New research from Carers UK shows more than 1,500 people a day are leaving paid work to provide unpaid care. With 6.7 million employees having caring responsibilities, stronger workplace support for unpaid carers has never been more important. https://t.co/jnTQhbde1l
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Yesterday, 19 MPs from across parties backed our Health Bill amendments for stronger rights, recognition and support for unpaid carers. As the Bill moves to the Lords, we'll keep pushing for carers to get the support they deserve.
https://t.co/erzSqPJ0OC https://t.co/2lwyvHTbEV
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Last chance to ask your MP to support stronger rights for unpaid carers. With the Health Bill reaching Report Stage on Monday, every email counts. Contact your MP today and help secure better support for carers.
https://t.co/aNVyFmzJJ1 https://t.co/LXU7PKLIMv
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What does caring at Christmas mean to you?
Our 2026 Poetry Competition is now open, inviting poems which explore the joys and challenges of caring at Christmas.
Entries close midnight, 30 September.
Find out more and enter: https://t.co/lV0es4HAhg https://t.co/994sHw1sdz
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@CarersUK We're still waiting for you to properly explain why you thought Jeremy vine was an appropriate choice to present anything?
You are treating us in a similar way to Mr Vine by your silence. You said in your post that you wanted to address the situation directly, then did
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Marie from Kent started caring as a teenager. Now, 40 years later, she's a sandwich carer, supporting both her elderly parents and her adult daughter with complex needs. Read our latest research: https://t.co/qDFoT0ncaO https://t.co/RWE1fUM20r
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We won't stop pushing for a system that treats carers and disabled people fairly – and will keep making the case for change.
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That's exactly why we've campaigned consistently for reform of the benefits system, including through our #ProtectCarersBenefits campaign https://t.co/PI6LzcBYHj
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our leadership of the Carer Poverty Coalition where with 130 other organisations we have called for the Government to take urgent steps to improve support to unpaid carers, inc raising carer-related means-tested benefits and reviewing Carer’s Allowance https://t.co/6b2MOlqI3b
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and through our work directly with the media to shine a light on unpaid carers being forced to repay overpayments of Carer's Allowance. We also remain a member of the Disability Benefits Consortium.
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We recognise the strength of feeling around how disability & benefits claimants are sometimes portrayed in the media, inc on daytime television. Many of the carers we support are disabled themselves/care for someone who is and rely on a benefits system that too often fails them.
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We've seen the response to the announcement of Jeremy Vine as host of this year's Carers UK Awards and want to address it directly.
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Against accounts of the same size
17 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.
Median views915this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %1.37%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.66%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 915 | 924 | 0.99× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 1.37% | 3.62% | 0.38× |
| Engagement rate | 1.66% | 1.52% | 1.09× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
28.2K20 Aug
26.4K
25K
2.3K28 Aug
52
79
3829 Aug
5604 Sep
763
7477 Sep
1.2K8 Sep
91516 Sep
161
215
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
0.12%20 Aug
0.14%
0.18%
1.66%28 Aug
5.77%
11.39%
7.89%29 Aug
3.39%4 Sep
2.75%
1.07%7 Sep
3.48%8 Sep
3.39%16 Sep
3.73%
0.93%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes36.8%339 in total
Reposts12.6%116 in total
Replies2.4%22 in total
Quotes45.1%415 in total
Bookmarks3.0%28 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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Frequently asked questions about @CarersUK
How many followers does @CarersUK have?
66 862 followers.
How many posts has @CarersUK published?
24 844 posts.
How do posts by @CarersUK perform?
Collected posts: 17. Views: 562 659. Likes: 339.