Author: Alex

The 2026 Senedd election provides a vital opportunity to make life better for the hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers across Wales, whose work props up our health and social care system and helps hundreds of thousands of people live happier, more independent lives.

Wales Carers Alliance members have released manifestos for the upcoming election and period thereafter, outlining how the next Welsh Government must take action to improve carers’ experiences.

We look forward to engaging with decision makers across Wales over the course of the next Senedd to make life better for unpaid carers.

Mae etholiad Senedd 2026 yn gyfle hanfodol i wneud bywyd yn well i’r cannoedd o filoedd o ofalwyr di-dâl ledled Cymru, y mae eu gwaith yn cynnal ein system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ac yn helpu cannoedd o filoedd o bobl i fyw bywydau hapusach a mwy annibynnol.

Mae aelodau Cynghrair Gofalwyr Cymru wedi cyhoeddi maniffesto ar gyfer yr etholiad sydd i ddod a’r cyfnod wedi hynny, gan amlinellu sut y mae’n rhaid i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru gymryd camau i wella profiadau gofalwyr.

Edrychwn ymlaen at ymgysylltu â gwneuthurwyr penderfyniadau ledled Cymru yn ystod y Senedd nesaf i wneud bywyd yn well i ofalwyr di-dâl.

Adferiad

Care And Repair Cymru

Carers Trust Wales

Carers Wales

LDW

Macmillan

Marie Curie

MNDA

MS Society Cymru

Oxfam Cymru

SNAP Cymru

Tenovus

In advance of the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament election held on May 6^th 2021, the members of the Wales Carers Alliance collectively agreed a manifesto of policy proposals across six areas to improve the lives of unpaid carers in Wales. Alliance members promoted the manifesto in advance of the election and the manifesto forms the basis of our lobbying priorities for the new Welsh Government. 

Over a fifth of the population in Wales is looking after someone who requires care because of their age, illness or disability. Unpaid carers in Wales have been close to breaking point for years. Despite legal entitlements to support services, advice and needs assessments, unpaid carers have long struggled to get support to help them care. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic carers have had to care for longer with less support as services have been reduced or closed. This is simply not sustainable.

The Wales Carers Alliance is an alliance of charities that exists to uphold the rights of unpaid carers and champion the voice of carers across Wales. Our work is guided by the carers we support and who volunteer with our organisations. This manifesto sets out our shared vision for a Wales that values and supports its unpaid carers. We have agreed specific, deliverable commitments that we ask of those seeking to form the next Welsh Government.

The pandemic has given us all a new appreciation of the heroic efforts of all those who keep Wales going. This Senedd election must be the time when Wales recognises the debt it owes to its unpaid carers and resolves to use every lever and power to deliver meaningful improvements to the lives of Wales’ carers over the next five years.

Read the full manifesto here