Dundee Carers Strategy 2026-32

The Dundee Carers Partnership Group, are pleased to present the revised Dundee Carers Strategy 2026-2032.

The strategy has been approved and supported by Dundee Integration Joint Board and Dundee City Council.

This strategy sets out how we will continue to support carers so they:

  • can live a full and healthy lives;
  • are heard, recognised, respected, and valued;
  • have the best possible experience of caring;
  • have a life alongside caring

The Dundee Carer Strategy is a plan that sets out the approach and actions for supporting Carers in Dundee City.

The refreshed Carers Strategy:

  • Builds on the commitments made in ‘A Caring Dundee 2’, updating and expanding them.
  • Explains how Dundee Integration Joint Board (IJB) through Dundee Carers Partnership will continue to support Carers and protect their rights.
  • Sets out long-term plans for support for Carers in Dundee.
  • Will lead to an updated delivery plan with clear goals and ways to measure progress.
  • Reflects what Carers have said about their experiences and the challenges they face.
  • Includes changes based on the National Carers Strategy.
  • Considers that there will possible changes resulting from the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025; and Statutory Guidance which will be developed in 2026.
  • Will be published as required by law (under the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016).

A Caring Dundee

… in which all Unpaid Carers are heard, understood and supported so that they are healthy and have a life of their own alongside their caring responsibilities

Image of the Dundee whale sculpture against pink/blue skyline. Carers of Dundee logo is on the bottom right.

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Who is the plan for..?

The plan is for unpaid carers who support someone who needs help because of long term illness, disability, frailty or older age, mental health or alcohol or drug use.

The person they help might be a partner, someone in their family, or a friend.
The Carers Strategy is not for those who care for others as part of their job or as a volunteer.

A Carer may look after one person or more and a carer can be an adult or a child.

When a Carer is under 18 they are known as a Young Carer.

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