About
Daughterhood UK helps daughters and unpaid carers navigate the challenges of caring for family members with confidence and clarity. We provide personalised guidance, practical tools, expertise and emotional support so no one has to figure it alone.
Through 1:1 support, consultancy, resources and community, we aim to make caring more manageable and help carers to feel more understood, empowered and supported.
The Reality for Unpaid Carers in the UK
There are 5.7million unpaid carers in the UK.
1 in 3 carers are daughters, often balancing work, children and caring for aging parents what has been named as the “Sandwich Generation”.
600 people a day leave their jobs due to unpaid caring, thats roughly 4,200 per week, 18,000 every month and over 200,000 a year
1.25 million people care for over 50 hours a week, often with no formal support.
68% of unpaid carers report that this has affected their mental health due to caring.
Half of carers feel that they have no choice but that to take on the role.
Unpaid carers save the UK an estimated £162 billion a year, more than the whole NHS budget.
Sources:
Carers UK - State of Caring 2022 & 2023, Valuing Carers 2021, She Cares Report
Office for National Statistics - Patterns of Unpaid Care in the UK, Labour Market Overview
Who am I?
I’m Nic Booth MSc, the founder of Daughterhood UK, and like so many women I became a carer long before I had the language, support and confidence to call myself one.
My journey into caring wasn’t planned. It came suddenly and intensely, as I found myself navigating the health and social care system while juggling work, family life and the emotional load that daughters often carry quietly. I learned the hard way, how very overwhelming, confusing and lonely it can feel when you’re expected to hold everything together without guidance.
Professionally I've spent over a decade working across health and social care, transformation and service improvement. I’ve been a Registered Care Manager of a homecare service and i’ve worked as a Consultant for market-leading homecare providers supporting over 30 offices nationally to improve quality, operations, culture, growth and outcomes.
I hold a Masters degree focussed on leadership, change and public services, and I’m currently completing my Doctorate in Community & Social Care with the University of Lancashire. I've worked closely with local authorities, care providers and community organisations.
Daughterhood UK brings both sides of my experience together. The lived experience of being a daughter / carer, and the professional experience to help others navigate complex systems with clarity and confidence.
Today, my work focuses on three areas:
For daughters and family carers: Practical guidance, peer support and navigation through Daughterhood UK CIC (launching March 2026) so nobody has to struggle alone
For employer: Training and culture change to support working carers because 600 people a day leave work to carer and most of these are women in their 50’s.
For Health & Social Care services: Strategic consultancy on technology implementation, business improvement and driving growth through operational excellence and coaching for owners and senior managers.
This isn’t just my work it’s my purpose. I’m building Daughterhood UK so that every woman in a caring role feels supported, seen, empowered to thrive and not just survive.