NUCUF × VOICES – ADFOCAD
A new blog episode every day, Monday to Friday — shining a light on the realities of unpaid caring.
Mike O’Brien writes for VOICES – ADFOCAD, an independent advocacy platform amplifying the lived experiences of carers, families, and frontline workers.
His writing is known for its clarity, honesty, and fierce commitment to justice for unpaid carers. During Carers Week, Mike will publish a new blog episode every day — exploring the truth behind caring, the pressures families face, and the change that’s urgently needed.
NUCUF is proud to host this dedicated gateway to his work.
A new episode every day — Monday to Sunday
The Barriers You Don’t See – A Closing Reflection
Across this series, we’ve peeled back the layers of what it means to care, unpaid, unseen, and unrelenting. We’ve explored the time pressure that never lets up, the financial strain that quietly breaks people, the challenges faced by young and kinship carers, and the health impacts nobody sees. Each story reveals a truth that’s both personal and political: caring is love turned into labour, and that labour is undervalued..
Read Sunday’s Episode →Unpaid carers hold this country together — emotionally, practically, and financially.
NUCUF and VOICES – ADFOCAD share a mission: to amplify the truth about unpaid caring, challenge injustice, and push for national recognition and reform.
This page exists to give carers a national platform and a direct route into Mike O’Brien’s work.