Coping with the pressures of every day life can be a challenge for most people, but this is especially the case for the UK’s six million carers who have dedicated their lives to caring for a loved one.

This year, the 13^th annual Carers Week seeks to highlight the true impact being a carer can have on peoples’ lives. From missing out on a promotion at work, to watching relationships suffer, the effect of caring can be incredibly tough. But of course it can also be a richly rewarding experience, and this is what keeps carers going from day to day.

Over 3 in 5 people in the UK - from all walks of life and backgrounds - will become carers at some time in their lives, looking after someone who is either ill, frail or disabled.

For more information, visit www.carersweek.org