Call for an end to carer poverty Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/call-for-an-end-to-carer-poverty.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:11 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mrs carolyn wolinski [Signature #709] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7063647?utm_medium=rss Alot of carers live in poverty ?????? WHY ????

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 05:55:07 UTC 7063647 Mrs Salieha Khatun [Signature #708] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7063401?utm_medium=rss The govenment needs to pay more money to the carers and stop counting this as an income, because we provide more help to the person we care for and it's about time we are recognised and valued. STOP this Poverty. This is not our income and it shouldn't affect all our other benefits.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:45:54 UTC 7063401 Mrs Minara Begum [Signature #707] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7063380?utm_medium=rss The govenment needs to pay more money to the carers and stop counting this as an income, because we provide more help to the person we care for and it's about time we are recognised and valued. STOP this Poverty.

]]> Tue, 2 Mar 2010 04:42:41 UTC 7063380 Ms Dorothy Jump [Signature #706] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060883?utm_medium=rss We just want to be listened to so please hear are concerns

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:29:55 UTC 7060883 Miss Anonymous [Signature #705] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060811?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:11:36 UTC 7060811 mrs deby wooldridge [Signature #704] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060610?utm_medium=rss Carers save the government billions a year and sometimes at the cost of having no life of their own...If the govt can't find the money then they should perhaps stop fighting wars they cannot win, stop bailing failing corporates out and allowing MP's and the like to steal tax payers money however 'legal' it is made out to be

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 01:24:44 UTC 7060610 mrs elasine samuel [Signature #703] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060380?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:26:56 UTC 7060380 Mr paul sharman [Signature #702] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060129?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:23:18 UTC 7060129 Mrs Joanne Moran [Signature #701] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059725?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:36:41 UTC 7059725 Sra. Oneyda Cayetano Subervi [Signature #700] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059550?utm_medium=rss Aunque no PODAMOS acompañarlos físicamente, por no contar con economicamente LOS GASTOS que conlleva Dicha participacion, mentalmente estaremos con ustedes, rogando a Dios se cumplan sus peticiones.

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:51:45 UTC 7059550 mr danny child [Signature #699] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059405?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:14:29 UTC 7059405 Mrs Ann Imlach [Signature #698] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059340?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:56:31 UTC 7059340 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #697] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059327?utm_medium=rss My father cares for my Mother and doesnt get any money what so ever for doing this on a daily basis. He has applied before but due to his pension he gets over by just a few pence they wont allow him to be paid as a carer!!!

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:52:14 UTC 7059327 Mr Phillip Wilmshurst [Signature #696] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059292?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:43:11 UTC 7059292 Mrs Juliet Wilmshurst [Signature #695] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059277?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:40:36 UTC 7059277 mrs Helen Snowdon [Signature #694] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059245?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:33:44 UTC 7059245 miss joanne wood [Signature #693] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059205?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:22:40 UTC 7059205 Mrs Edna Beach [Signature #692] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059108?utm_medium=rss I think carers save the government a lot of money and they have to life of their own.

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:51:30 UTC 7059108 mrs natalie head [Signature #691] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059049?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:34:19 UTC 7059049 Mr George Wood [Signature #690] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058780?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:07:55 UTC 7058780 Mrs Linda Crabtree [Signature #689] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058748?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:57:32 UTC 7058748 Mr Robin Wood [Signature #688] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058710?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:44:21 UTC 7058710 Mrs Kathryn Ramsay [Signature #687] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058596?utm_medium=rss Carers save the government lots of money by keeping their friends and relatives out of stae funded hospitals and care homes so why shouldn't they be recompensed?

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:58:23 UTC 7058596 mrs enid said [Signature #686] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058566?utm_medium=rss carers should have a level of carer allowance
like dla if carers care and do nursing care as well and care 24 hours a day they should have a higher level of caring allowance then carers who do 35 hours my caring role 1is 6am untill 2am 7 days a week i would expect to have a higher allowance then some one who doesnt carefor a long period

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:47:51 UTC 7058566 Mrs Anne Shanley [Signature #685] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058543?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:38:33 UTC 7058543 Mr Keith Sampson [Signature #684] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058501?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:19:06 UTC 7058501 Mrs Isabella Hamilton [Signature #683] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058489?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:15:04 UTC 7058489 mr Edward Leng [Signature #682] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058323?utm_medium=rss value carers for the work they do

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:06:55 UTC 7058323 Ms Susan Clayton [Signature #681] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7057083?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:29:28 UTC 7057083 miss alexandra sharpe [Signature #680] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7057067?utm_medium=rss It way beyond time that Carers poverty ended and give us a fair deal...

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:23:55 UTC 7057067 Miss Karen Patient [Signature #679] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7057027?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:13:13 UTC 7057027 Mr Paul Brennan [Signature #678] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056987?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:05:03 UTC 7056987 Councillor Andrew Wiltshrie [Signature #677] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056910?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:38:34 UTC 7056910 ms luigia yamaguchi [Signature #676] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056877?utm_medium=rss carers work harder, longer and for less remuneration than is humanly acceptable...why is this so?

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:30:03 UTC 7056877 Mrs Ursula Hunt [Signature #675] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056848?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:22:58 UTC 7056848 miss samantha king [Signature #674] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056831?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:18:53 UTC 7056831 Mrs Sally Huggett [Signature #673] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056784?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:07:09 UTC 7056784 Mrs Laurajane Osborne [Signature #672] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056744?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:55:57 UTC 7056744 Mrs Karen Kilpatrick [Signature #671] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056710?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:50:08 UTC 7056710 miss pamela wilson [Signature #670] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056649?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:31:17 UTC 7056649 Mrs Anita Wilson [Signature #669] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056598?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:17:48 UTC 7056598 miss ashleigh montgomery [Signature #668] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056549?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:02:10 UTC 7056549 miss samantha Bousfield [Signature #667] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056542?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:00:55 UTC 7056542 ms rowena campbell [Signature #666] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056498?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:49:51 UTC 7056498 Margaret Bamber [Signature #665] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056490?utm_medium=rss I manage to work part time around my caring role. Guess what that means I don't even get carers allowance ... does that mean I am not a carer? Answer NO.

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:48:15 UTC 7056490 Mrs Nicola Bartzis [Signature #664] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056476?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:46:20 UTC 7056476 Mr Simon Draper [Signature #663] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056475?utm_medium=rss Carers deserve more then lip service from all parties, increase Carers Allowance and make it a disregarded payment for Income Support then Carers may just be able to survive.

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:45:55 UTC 7056475 mrs penelope cash [Signature #662] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056471?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:45:18 UTC 7056471 miss janet watkis [Signature #661] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056449?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:36:03 UTC 7056449 Mrs Fiona Smith [Signature #660] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056445?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:35:00 UTC 7056445 mr sam dixon [Signature #659] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7055573?utm_medium=rss i care for my mum with my step dad it takes all of our time even though i love my mum i feel carers should be treated with more respect, and it should be realised that is a job as well as doing something out of love

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:20:52 UTC 7055573 mr raymond leighton [Signature #658] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7055466?utm_medium=rss im a carer for my mother which means i cant work so money is very limited i have ran out of savings so i might have to give up carers to go back to work the one who will suffer for this will be my mother as she relies on me for so much but i cant afford not to work ?

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:27:30 UTC 7055466 Miss Sue Slator [Signature #657] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7055281?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:07:37 UTC 7055281 Mrs Alyson Fisk [Signature #656] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7053546?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:27:09 UTC 7053546 mrs susan pearl [Signature #655] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7052868?utm_medium=rss End the shame of 21st century slavery of unpaid carers in the UK!

Yes, you can pay us, government and society - just end the disgrace of freebies for MPs, bonuses for bankers, inflated wages to the media; and stop the leakage of off shore trusts, tax exiles and high earners paying less tax than the poor and average earners. Simple! Why can't governments get a grip on this?

]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:26:41 UTC 7052868 ms alison bodinnar [Signature #654] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7051994?utm_medium=rss i am unable to work as i care for my autistic children and my dad with lots of health problems , i work very hard for my family , harder than any paid job ive ever had , but all i recive is income support and carers allowance, i struggle with money all the time , its wrong if i was doing as many hours and being in a paid job i would be laughing every week,

]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:39:24 UTC 7051994 Rachael MacLeod [Signature #653] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7051546?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:03:18 UTC 7051546 Mrs Sarah Legg [Signature #652] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7049061?utm_medium=rss As a carer of an Autistic child I do not have any proper respite provided by the local authority but have to rely on her grandparents.

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:14:17 UTC 7049061 Mrs Annette Randall [Signature #651] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048761?utm_medium=rss Carers do not receive anything like an adequate respite preovision.

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:04:13 UTC 7048761 Mr Barrie Randall [Signature #650] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048720?utm_medium=rss Caring is often a 24/7 task and carers allowance should not be affected by other benefits but be at a level to give carers a reasonable life together with a guarenteed ringfenced respite allowance.

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:51:13 UTC 7048720 Mr Alan York [Signature #649] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048552?utm_medium=rss Do it now!

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:59:42 UTC 7048552 miss diane dalton [Signature #648] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048256?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:20:32 UTC 7048256 wendy matthews [Signature #647] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048230?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:12:16 UTC 7048230 Mr Anonymous [Signature #646] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048175?utm_medium=rss Pay Carers what they are worth in reality, not what MPs think they can get away with.

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:47:35 UTC 7048175 Mr Anonymous [Signature #645] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7047720?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:53:43 UTC 7047720 Mr Richard Judd [Signature #644] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7047666?utm_medium=rss A carer should be treated in the same way as any other person with a full time job,and the carers allowence should be increased to reflect this!

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:29:37 UTC 7047666 miss kelly irvine [Signature #643] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045698?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:04:49 UTC 7045698 Mr Gavin Bridges-McBryde [Signature #642] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045344?utm_medium=rss stop this £53.10 lark and pay more!

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:59:31 UTC 7045344 Mrs Karen Wilkinson [Signature #641] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045341?utm_medium=rss The Government should appreciate the Carers of this country and show this via benefits - instead of mouthing platitudes. If their relatives were ill or sick and needed looking after they'd be the first to PAY for PRIVATE care and probably claim it on their MP EXPENSES form! Even paid care workers get a bad deal with minimum wage etc.....

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:59:03 UTC 7045341 MRS Anonymous [Signature #640] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045287?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:49:13 UTC 7045287 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #639] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045203?utm_medium=rss I look after my daughter who is disabled for 60hrs a week.I only get 53.10 pence a week .When are you going to give us a descent wage to live on each week.
Professional carers get between 8-10 pounds an hr.I want to be paid that amount for what i have to do each week .
Why can't the Government use the direct payment to pay us carers.I would not mind giving up my carers allowance for the direct payment ,which is alot more money a week .
I do not want words and promises ,i want change now!

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:33:54 UTC 7045203 Mr Gavin Wilkinson [Signature #638] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7045121?utm_medium=rss I care for my mother. At 53.10 per week for 60 hrs per week is scandless. If tomorrow I decided to leave my mother because of Carer Poverty it would cost the government 5 times more to look after her but because I am the noble son. So what im doing is saving the government £450 per week and to this day whose pocket is this going in... Well all these expenses claims by the MPs and the country being in recession has answered my questions...

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:17:37 UTC 7045121 Mr Patchimutu Suppan [Signature #637] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7044147?utm_medium=rss My wife and I are carers and pensioners. We have a Down's Syndrome daughter. My wife receives Carers Allowance and hardly meets the everyday caring expenses. Holidays are hard to come by and quality of life is not achievable. We are with our daughter for 24/7. Any additional allowance will be beneficial for carers.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:21:32 UTC 7044147 Mrs Brigitta Suppan [Signature #636] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7043992?utm_medium=rss Increase in Carers Allowance is over due. My husband and I are carers for our Down's Syndrome daughter. We hardly have a decent break for respite. We are pensioners and find it hard to cope financially and our quality of life are daily deteriorating.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:47:28 UTC 7043992 Mrs Rosalind Waddon [Signature #635] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7043327?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:16:16 UTC 7043327 mrs BELINDA Bird [Signature #634] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7038633?utm_medium=rss I care for my mum because i love her and you give me £50 a week for this. Is it right that my teeth should fall out because I cant afford dental care, nor can I read as i cant afford glasses. Most other benefit recipients are given help with these costs, why not us who are saving the government pots of money and doing a sterling job too. I feel very strongly about this at the moment as I have an abcess, and cant pay for the prescription. Sleep well tonight, you wont let me!

]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:55:17 UTC 7038633 Mrs Sue Bristow [Signature #633] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7038230?utm_medium=rss I have been a carer for my Husband for Ten years now and have always considered the amount of Carer's Allowance we get to be an insult, many people I have come accross over these years have always thought of the work we do as being self-employment therefore we should get a reasonable amount of pay for what we do, just becuse we are not doing big things like being in parliament or on the stockmarket or in the banking system doesn't mean we are of little value. So Mr Brown make a change for us.

]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:09:45 UTC 7038230 mrs wendy keighley [Signature #632] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7037692?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:57:00 UTC 7037692 Mrs Christina Dyall [Signature #631] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7037570?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:35:48 UTC 7037570 mr andrew popp [Signature #630] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7037421?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:02:58 UTC 7037421 Mrs Cheryl Chapman [Signature #629] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7037038?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:56:25 UTC 7037038 mrs pam robson [Signature #628] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7033682?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:25:47 UTC 7033682 Mrs Josie Myatt [Signature #627] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7032172?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:35:33 UTC 7032172 Mrs Pat Newton [Signature #626] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7031781?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:07:49 UTC 7031781 Mr Brian Phillips [Signature #625] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7031747?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:57:10 UTC 7031747 Dr Sal Laurance [Signature #624] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7031296?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:52:13 UTC 7031296 Mr. Geoffrey Kerr [Signature #623] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7030086?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:34:51 UTC 7030086 mrs margaret walker [Signature #622] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7029957?utm_medium=rss carers allowance equates to less than £1.50 per hour...with no right to paid holiday, breaks, health & safety or any other employment rights....carers save the government many billions of pounds in unpaid first-rate care provision, their reward is to be paid below the legal minimum wage......its a national disgrace

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:58:45 UTC 7029957 Mrs Linda Pestano [Signature #621] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7029676?utm_medium=rss i will be caring well into old age i am already in my 60s i cannot receive care allowance because of the overlapping pensions rule if i did not care for my daughter i would be working to help supplement the family income. Its time this out of date system was modified.
When you are struggling to keep your adult offspring with a disability living at home post 19 years old, there should be a tax allowance for working parents for this

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:56:53 UTC 7029676 Ms Hamida Pyne [Signature #620] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7029541?utm_medium=rss We are saving the government millions of pounds in our roll. I have found myself struggling as a single parent in addition to caring for my mother who is mentally impaired. We are so under appreciated and the love we have for the ones we care for is being abused.

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:32:34 UTC 7029541 Mr John O'Donovan [Signature #619] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7028941?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:33:10 UTC 7028941 Mrs Jodie McCormack [Signature #618] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7028084?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:35:22 UTC 7028084 mrs maureen starr [Signature #617] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7028076?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:32:56 UTC 7028076 Bernadette King [Signature #616] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7027883?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:54:57 UTC 7027883 mr Anthony David Brooks [Signature #615] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7027171?utm_medium=rss Yes I Fully Support This Protest.

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:16:08 UTC 7027171 Ms Roxanne Read [Signature #614] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7025421?utm_medium=rss Carers are an invaluable asset to ANY ecomony. Why? Because without carers caring for people with disabilities, the cost to the public health system would be HUGE, much more than simply providing a Carers Allowance.

]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:45:45 UTC 7025421 Mrs Roselyn Saldanha [Signature #613] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7024802?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:52:50 UTC 7024802 mrs nina belcher [Signature #612] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7024778?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:44:14 UTC 7024778 Mrs Kathleen Chappelle [Signature #611] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7024776?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:43:40 UTC 7024776 Mrs Carol Topham [Signature #610] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7022868?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:30:00 UTC 7022868