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Welcome to our blog where we explore news, policy developments and best practice ideas relating to how parents and carers can fully meet their work and caring responsibilities, and how their employers can best support them.

In the interests of open debate and the exploration of new ideas, any views expressed here may not necessarily represent the formal view of Working Families.

  • Caring Aloud Series

    Our Caring Aloud series is all about giving a voice to the carer experience.  By hearing the stories of those at the frontline of caring, we aim to break down barriers that prevent people identifying as carers, so that they can get the support available and have pride in the incredibly important role they do.

  • Working Families Index: voices from our Parents and Carers Advisory Panel

    Our advisory panel is made up of almost 30 parents and carers who volunteer their time to share insights that inform our work. Much of their experience of parenting and caring chime with the findings from Working Families Index 2025, and so we’re sharing their voices to bring to life the everyday challenges facing parents and carers.

  • How can we support maternal mental health?

    For Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked Dr Krystal Wilkinson, at Manchester Metropolitan University, about what everyone can do to support maternal mental health.

  • Caring Aloud – Matthew’s Story

    For the next in our Caring Aloud series, Matthew* shares his experience of looking after his mother, whilst also caring for his children, known as ‘sandwich caring’.

  • A baby in a neonatal hospital bed

    Neonatal Care Leave 

    Working Families are delighted to see that the government has confirmed that parents who have a baby in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right from 6th April 2025. 

  • Caring Aloud – Adrian’s Story

    In the next in our Caring Aloud series, we hear from Adrian, who talks candidly about the challenges of running your own business whilst caring, and his frustration at the lack of support for self-employed carers.  

  • Graphic that says The budget and what it means for employers who are committed to being family-friendly

    The budget and what it means for employers 

    The long-awaited budget finally landed at the end of October. With a focus on ‘delivering change by protecting working people’ the budget introduced policies that will impact businesses more directly. But beyond the headlines, what do the announcements mean for employers who are committed to being family-friendly? 

  • Leading employers light the path for parental leave 

    With the recognition that parental leave is good for both babies and parents, the call is becoming louder for longer periods of paid leave for mothers and fathers/partners, and an equalising of leave so that families can decide how they want to divide up the care of their child.  

  • Work-life balance and flexibility 

    Working Families Ambassador, parenting expert and the founder of A Mother Place, Becca Maberly, discusses work life balance and flexibility for National Work Life Week.