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The following was written by Sarah*, a member of Homecare Voices. Our company hinders us from working the extra 20 hours. At first they'll tell you that you can't work somewhere else, that you'll have to work at least minimum hours with them for the whole month, yet they don't have hours...

A few weeks ago, I asked fellow members of our community what they would do if they were given back all the unpaid gaps in their weeks currently spent either traveling or waiting around between care visits...

Earlier this week, Ann and I attended a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, having been nominated by Skills for Care.

The following blog was written by KR, a member of Homecare Workers’ Group. A local supermarket is only going to pay staff when they are...

The following blog was written by Tia*, a member of Homecare Workers’ Group. Quite often, when you think of domiciliary care workers...

Our recent post about unpaid travel and waiting time in domiciliary care has attracted almost 400 comments and counting...

The following blog was written by Hannah Reseigh Lincoln, a member of Homecare Workers’ Group. “Unskilled”, “uneducated”, “bum wipers”...

The following blog was written by Julie Sansom, a member of Homecare Workers’ Group. Last night I worked for six and a half hours, from...

It’s been a big year for Homecare Workers’ Group. Here’s an overview of what we’ve learned in 2024, and our plans for 2025...

Members of Homecare Workers' Group contributed to this submission to a government call for evidence by the Centre for Care.

How skilled is care work, really? What is skill? Could it be more productive to define care work's value in terms of responsibility?

On Tuesday 22nd October, I spoke with Wes Streeting MP, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care...

Yesterday the UK government announced something called the Employment Rights Bill. This is a proposed set of 28 improvements to workers' ...

Dear Member of Parliament, Subject: correspondence from Homecare Workers’ Group...

I am a migrant care worker working in domiciliary care. I am writing not just for myself but for countless other silenced migrant care...

In those twenty years since I first started, the care industry has changed enormously. Originally there were smaller companies with...

I was very happy when the opportunity came up to work in the UK as a care assistant. I was given the impression that I would be working...

I have worked in care for around five years now and in that time I have seen hundreds of fantastic carers leave the profession to work...

I have worked in domiciliary care for nearly three years now after previously working in a nursing home.  In my experience, people’s...

I will never forget my first care visit flying solo. It was 7am on a cold weekday morning...