Caring can have a significant impact on your finances, through a reduction in working hours or earnings, loss of income if the person you care for can no longer work, or the additional costs of specialist equipment and treatment.
Over two thirds of carers disagreed with the statement “being a carer has improved my finances”.
Only one third know what financial support they could access.
Only one third know what financial support they could access.
VOCAL Edinburgh Carers Survey 2023
We offer free surgeries on welfare rights questions. These sessions cover:
- Understanding benefits and allowances
- Help with completing application forms
- Income maximisation
- Advice on your entitlements
Upcoming events
We also run free events for carers in our Carer Training programme. These include workshops on:
- The cost of living and how you can increase household income
- Benefits for people over state pension age
- How you can make money from your hobby
