Carers Week 8th – 14th June 2026
Mind in Brighton and Hove is supporting Carers Week 8th – 14th June 2026. This year’s campaign is themed "Building Carer Friendly Communities", focusing on recognizing, understanding, and supporting unpaid carers locally and nationally. The campaign will highlight the impact carer friendly communities can have in making a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere.
Along with recognising the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK. The awareness week is important as it also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support.
The Mental Health Advice Team will be marking Carers Week with a mental health and wellbeing stall at the Brighton Carers Festival on Wednesday 10 June 2026, from 10.00am to 5.00pm, at The Open Market on London Road. This annual event run by The Carers Centre for Brighton and Hove brings together a wide range of organisations in the city to who support carers. For more information about the event and the activities and information on offer please go to www.thecarerscentre.org
We will also be providing a talk at a Carers Workshop at Brighton Station Practice Plus G.P. Surgery to provide unpaid carers with more information about their rights and available support.
Across the year 20% of people who contact our Mental Health Advice Service are carers. We provide advice and information to carers worried about the mental health of someone they care for or who may be looking for support for their own mental health. You can contact our Mental Health Advice Service on 01273 666950 or info@mindcharity.co.uk.
National Mind have two useful resources that are free to download. If you care for another person, it can feel difficult to take time to look after yourself. The first resources provides information about experiences of caring, tips for your own mental health and where to find support.
www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helping-someone-else/carers-friends-family-coping-support/
The second resource focuses on how to support someone else to seek help for their mental health.
There are also resources on supporting children and young people, studetns nd siupporting someone who is LGBTQIA+
