We held our main event for Carers Rights Day this year at The Friends Meeting House on Thursday 21 November. This years theme was “Recognising your rights”.
More than 30 carers attended and we had a highly informative and engaging event.
We were also at the Royal Sussex County Hospital’s Carers Rights Day event on 22 November which again had over 30 delegates.
At our main event, we had a number of speakers with the aim of covering as many rights and benefits as we could in 3 hours:
- The Carer’s Commissioner from Brighton and Hove City Council gave an update to the Carer Friendly City strategy and how this is progressing into 2025 including the renewal of the Carers Hub contract with The Carers Centre as the lead partner.
- Carers UK spoke about general carers rights, working carers rights and a campaign to have caring designated as a protected characteristic.
- Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-op gave a talk about free ways they can help people to save money on energy usage, tariffs and some practical tips around your home as well as offering free support to individuals. https://bhesco.co.uk/
- The Department for Work and Pensions spoke about Universal Credit, Pension Credit and carer elements of these.
- Possability People talked about Personal Independence Payments and Attendance Allowance and the support they offer. https://www.possabilitypeople.org.uk/our-services/advice-information/advice-for-disabled-people/
Finally, we wrapped up with a wonderful and easily repeated meditation session by one of our fantastic volunteers.
We would like to offer our thanks to all the speakers as well as the Friends Meeting House for the hospitality.
Lastly, we would like to thank everyone that attended and all carers for the incredible effort you make. As the Carer’s Commissioner said – the value of care provided by unpaid carers in the UK is equivalent to the entire yearly NHS budget!
Presentation files from the day,
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- Carers Commissioner update and Carer Friendly City.
- Carers UK -general carers rights, working carers rights and a campaign.
- Working Carers and Employers Leaflet
- Possability People – Personal Independence Payments and Attendance Allowance and the support they offer.
- The Department for Work and Pensions – Universal Credit, Pension Credit and carer elements of these.
