About Carefree

As one of the UK’s top digital charities, we’re specialists in using technology to drive social change.

We work across communities and with public and private sector organisations to ensure full-time unpaid carers can access a vital break to support their mental health and wellbeing. 88% of our service users say they couldn’t have taken a break without us.

In 2024, we grew to 30,000 registered carers and matched 7,000 to donated hotel breaks, equivalent to £2m of gifted inventory. Our team is small but mighty and we have big ambitions to facilitate over 100,000 breaks within the next five years. We’ve gotten to where we are because we put the mission first, work collectively towards our goals and always stay true to our roots. If this sounds like the place for you then read more below 👇

Business Values

💡At the heart of our work are the values that define who we are as a team. These principles guide how we collaborate, innovate, and create impact.

  1. Creating Shared Value: Our activities should drive a mix of economic and social benefits for all our stakeholders to ensure the long-term sustainability of our organisation and intervention.
  2. Staying Transparent & Accountable: We prioritise transparency and accountability to our governors and donors over the speed of delivery.
  3. Flexibility to Drive Delivery: As a small, lean team, punching above our weight means having the freedom to work in a way that feeds our energy, supports our well-being and gets the job done.
  4. Community Commitment: We invest in work to strengthen the wider care sector, innovation and funding ecosystem, to help build a stronger operating environment for all those seeking to catalyse social change.
  5. Ethical Footprint: Operating ethically and sustainably is central to the way we do business and represent the interests of carers in policy and practice.

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