In this episode, we speak to Carrie Grant MBE, a campaigner, author, and broadcaster advocating for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Through her own powerful experience, we discuss the fight many parent carers with SEND children face to get their children the support they need and deserve.

We talk about how crucial it is to create caring villages and communities to make the best out of awful situations, as well as the importance of campaigning at all levels- fuelled by the realisation that change can happen if we act.

You can follow Carrie and all her work here: https://www.instagram.com/carriegrantsays?igsh=MTZwN3VhMzd2dzhkYw==

For any inquiries or to suggest future guests, please email us at: wearecarers@gmail.com. Until next time!

For more information on the We Care Campaign, visit us on: https://wecarecampaign.org.uk/ and to find out what being an unpaid carer is really like, read Laura’s blog

here: https://numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/

In our latest episode, we speak to Bhulla Beghal, a filmmaker and Carla Mellor, a poet.

We discuss why empathy is a strength in storytelling, how best to bring out emotion in campaigning projects, and how carers can better share their stories.

Our conversation covers how these award-winning storytellers immerse themselves in worlds they don't have personal experience of to powerfully extract the underlying truths within.

You can see more of Bhulla's work here: https://www.bluebellfilms.co.uk/

He's @bluebellfilms @bhullabeghal on instagram and you can follow him on LinkedIn in here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhullabeghal/

Carla's work can be found @poetry_for_the_people on Instagram and her professional handle is @carlacreatesuk.

For any inquiries or to suggest future guests, please email us at: wearecarers@gmail.com. Until next time!

For more information on the We Care Campaign, visit us on: https://wecarecampaign.org.uk/ and to find out what being an unpaid carer is really like, read Laura’s blog here: https://numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/

In our latest episode, we speak to Taha Bokhari - lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - to discuss their report exploring the care expectation gap.

In our last conversation of 2025, we discuss why most people don't plan for their future, and why the majority of the British public significantly underestimate their future care needs or the fact they will likely have to provide care at some point in their lives. We cover why this gap in expectations versus reality is an issue, what we can all do to remedy it, and why taking time to project ourselves into the future could be beneficial to us all as a society.

You can follow the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on LinkedIn and on Bluesky. You can also follow Taha on LinkedIn or Bluesky.

For any inquiries or to suggest future guests, please email us at: wearecarers@gmail.com. Until next time!

For more information on the We Care Campaign, visit us on: https://wecarecampaign.org.uk/ and to find out what being an unpaid carer is really like, read Laura’s blog here: https://numbereighteeninthecorner.blog/