Dominic King-Carter

Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers Trust

Dominic is Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers Trust, a national charity with a network of 135 local carer organisations who collectively reach 1.1million unpaid carers. He has a dozen years of experience working in roles across health and social care (including the Homecare Association), with a particular focus on community based support, end of life care and condition specific issues including dementia. At Carers Trust he oversees the policy, public affairs, evidence and involvement functions, with the ultimate ambition of seeing better returns for carers on their enormous contribution to society. Key areas of policy include service sustainability and quality, data, poverty and work, and young and young adult carers. Dominic was also a young carer himself.