ExChange Wales conferences bring leading researchers together with practitioners and service users to share expertise, research evidence and care experiences.

Through our conferences, ExChange provides free, high-quality training to support the ongoing development of social care professionals across Wales. Attracting leading national speakers, together we learn and advise on research, impacting both policy and practice. Our events and resources enrich skills while foregrounding the lived experience of care-experienced people.

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Informal Carers Conference 2026

Informal Carers Conference 2026

May 12, 2026

‘Informal’ carers are people who look after relatives, friends or others in an unpaid or unsupported capacity. They span the life course and include young carers, informal kinship carers of children and young people, and adults who care for those…