03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Unpaid carers
Sharron Smith: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Sharron Smith
Chief Executive Officer, York Carers Centre
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press citations on 1 topic since 28 May 2026 · last quoted 18 Sept 2026
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Sharron Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer, York Carers Centre
- Quoted on
- Unpaid carers
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 18 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 28 May 2026
04 The signal · where Sharron Smith sits on unpaid carers
Ranked 29= of 100 voices quoted in the press on unpaid carers, level with 39 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Emily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK83 - 2
Helen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UK78 - 3
Kirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers Trust40 - 29=Sara ButtsSector leaderhead of corporate and business development at Carers Trust2
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Lisa PicardoBusiness leaderChief Business Officer UK, PensionBee2 - 29=Sharron SmithSector leaderChief Executive Officer, York Carers Centre2
- 29=Jenni WoodSector leaderChief executive, Durham County Carers Support (DCCS)2
- 29=Karen FraserSector leaderManager, Shetland Care Attendant Scheme (SCAS)2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 29=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Sharron Smith has said
By outlet · linked articles
- gazetteherald.co.uk1
- yorkpress.co.uk1
Where Sharron Smith has been quoted
- 01'Unsung heroes' are 'exhausted, isolated and at breaking point'- York warninggazetteherald.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
- 02York Carers Centre launches week of roadshows across city | York Pressyorkpress.co.uk · 28 May 2026
Verbatim
“We are seeing carers with no life of their own, we hear from carers who are experiencing suicidal thoughts.”
“Carers Week is an important opportunity to recognise the vital contribution unpaid carers make every day.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Inverclyde carers invited to rights day afternoon tea | Greenock Telegraphgreenocktelegraph.co.uk
- Celebrating South Ayrshire's young carers at cAyrFest 2026 - Daily Recorddailyrecord.co.uk
- BCP Carers Rights Day 2026 event taking place on November 17 | Bournemouth Echobournemouthecho.co.uk
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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.