


Their tips include trying not to feel guilty for time not spent with the person you care for, spending quality time with them as well as on the daily caring tasks, talking to someone and to open up if you’re struggling.

I wish I’d known how little time there was left.” She said: “One of the most challenging things I found whilst looking after my mum was how emotionally heavy it was watching someone that you love to fall apart before your eyes. Andersson rose to fame in 2016, appearing on the hit TV show Love Island and has since dedicated time to caring for her mother who passed away in 2017 from cancer. Paralympian and TV presenter Adepitan, multi-platinum selling DJ and producer Naughty Boy and TV personality Andersson have talked about their own deeply personal experiences of caring for their loved ones, while offering heartfelt advice to the unpaid carers of Great Britain. With unpaid carers dedicating 22.5 hours a week on average to looking after someone, Smart Energy GB and Carers UK have teamed up with famous faces and real-life carers to offer advice to Britain’s estimated 5.7 million carers about ways help take the stresses and strains out of caring in a new campaign video. New research has found 89 percent of unpaid carers weren’t prepared for the responsibility of looking after someone, with patience, staying emotionally strong, time management and multitasking revealed as the most valuable skills to have when caregiving. Celebrities Malin Andersson, Ade Adepitan and Naughty Boy have teamed up to share their experiences and offer tips and advice to help Britain’s unpaid carers manage the responsibility.
