Since April 2025, Volition have been involved in a West Yorkshire programme that shines a spotlight on unpaid carers, strengthens the services available to them, and brings together partners across the region who share a commitment to making a real difference – the Employers for Carers platform.

Access to the platform is a 2 year umbrella membership, provided by Carers UK  (this started in April 2025 and is shared with West Yorkshire local authorities, including Leeds City Council) which has been taken out by West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, covered by the Accelerating Reform Fund that was awarded to West Yorkshire in 2024 to develop projects focused on supporting unpaid carers.

The platform offers practical tools and resources to support managers to better understand and support working carers in their teams. In addition, working carers within organisations can also access the resources which are aimed at helping them to manage their work and caring responsibilities.  Using Leeds City Council’s access as part of the umbrella membership, it can be accessed by smaller organisations across Leeds.

To see more details on the platform, please see the attached document EfC – Forum Central Summary

To access the platform go to the log in page and use the code #EFC1943.

You can also see details on the initiative here.