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Carla Brain: no photograph is held, so the Enfield Carers Centre monogram is shown instead.
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Carla Brain

Young Carers Project Manager, Enfield Carers Centre

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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 15 Jan 2026

ENFIELD
OfficeEnfield Carers Centre, Enfield, EN1 3JLEnfield Carers Centre is based in Enfield North: the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

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Carla Brain: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Young Carers Project Manager
Organisation
Enfield Carers Centre
Organisation based in
Enfield North
Quoted on
Unpaid carers
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
17 Jan 2026
First quoted
15 Jan 2026

03  Profile

Who Carla Brain is

Carla Brain is Young Carers Project Manager at Enfield Carers Centre, a local charity supporting unpaid carers in the London Borough of Enfield. She has managed the centre's young carers project since January 2019.

The service supports children and young people aged 5 to 18 with caring roles, including through trips, mentoring programmes and support meetings. She has personal experience of being a carer, having supported her great-aunt as an adult. In press coverage she has highlighted that young carers are under-identified in Enfield schools and that the service relies on a National Lottery grant rather than commissioned funding.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Has managed the EyPIC Young Carers Project at Enfield Carers Centre since January 2019. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Member of the Carers Trust's Young Carers Communities of Practice Steering Group and the Young Carers Alliance, and elected as a local service representative on the national Young Carers Strategic Oversight Group. Source ↗

04  The signal · where Carla Brain sits on unpaid carers

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Quoted in the press on unpaid carers.

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  1. Helen Walker portraitHelen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UKLeading
  2. Emily Holzhausen portraitEmily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UKLeading
  3. Kirsty McHugh portraitKirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers TrustLeading
  4. Nigel SullySector leaderChair of Carer Support Wiltshire trustees
  5. Catherine CoxSector leaderHead of Communications and Policy, Family Carers Ireland
  6. Carla BrainSector leaderYoung Carers Project Manager, Enfield Carers Centre
  7. David WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Bromley Third Sector Enterprise (BTSE)
  8. Mike RichSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Barnet Carers (Barnet Carers Centre)

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05  On the record · press

What Carla Brain has said

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  • bbc.co.uk
  • mylondon.news

Where Carla Brain has been quoted

  1. London unpaid carers unaware of support are struggling - expertsbbc.co.uk · 17 Jan 2026
  2. London's 'hidden' unpaid carers are living in poverty as they're unaware what they're entitled tomylondon.news · 15 Jan 2026

How we found the articles that name Carla Brain: we searched news for these terms.

  • unpaid carers
  • carer's allowance
  • carers allowance
  • carer's leave
  • carer's credit
  • Carers UK
  • Carers Trust
  • young carers

Also searched with “unpaid carers” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Unpaid carers

Verbatim

“welcomed the idea people would know if they had crossed over from family member into this role”
of Enfield Carers Centre · Unpaid carers · bbc.co.uk · 17 Jan 2026 · Read the article
“A London-wide carers campaign would be 'incredible' and ensure unpaid carers realise when they 'cross over' the line from family member into the role.”
Enfield Carers Centre · Unpaid carers · mylondon.news · 15 Jan 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. About Us - Enfield Carers Centre. Her job title, the start of her project management in January 2019, her national steering group memberships, her personal experience as a carer, and the centre's mission and establishment in 2010.
  2. Charles Wright: The extraordinary work of London's young carers. Press quotes: the service supports 600+ young carers, schools recorded only 80 in 2023 and 57 the following year, there is no commissioned young carers service in the borough, and her team relies on a National Lottery grant.
  3. Meet Carla Brain from Enfield Carers Centre - Create (Arts) Limited. Describes her work managing the young carers project (ages 5-18, trips, mentoring, support meetings), her past experience caring for her great-aunt, and the partnership with Create.
  4. Contact Us - Enfield Carers Centre. Organisation's general enquiries email, phone number and address (Britannia House, 137-143 Baker Street, Enfield, EN1 3JL).
  5. Enfield Carers Centre - Carer Services Near Me (Carers Trust). Organisation website and address, and the services it provides.

07  Contact & links

Staff page
enfieldcarers.org/about-us
Website
enfieldcarers.orgpublished here ↗
Press office email
info@enfieldcarers.orgpublished here ↗
Press office phone
020 8366 3677published here ↗

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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 3 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.