Carers' Rights Day 2024
We’re joining organisations across the UK to mark Carers Rights Day on 21 November 2024.
An unpaid carer is someone who provides or intends to provide unpaid care to an adult or disabled child.
The theme for this year is Recognising your rights, and the Day is about raising awareness of the carers’ rights and entitlements, to help unpaid carers get the support they need and the recognition they deserve.
Every day, 12,000 people across the UK become unpaid carers for a partner, family member or a friend – many of whom don’t see themselves as carers, often unaware of their legal rights and what they’re entitled to in terms of support and benefits. This year’s theme is ‘recognising your rights’ – and aim of Carers Wales campaign is to help carers recognise and understand their rights, and to access the support available to them, whenever they need it.
You can read more about the campaign at:
Carers Rights day 2024
There are a number of events taking place across the region to mark CRD.
Regional Winter Short Breaks Launch
Its Carers Rights Day 2024 on the 21st of November
If you are an unpaid carer or young carer in Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan, please join us for the launch of the regional short breaks schemes and find out about the locally funded breaks you can access over the winter.
Join us from 13:00 - 15:00 (13:00 – 14:00 will be a young carer hour) at Penarth Leisure Centre, Andrew Road, CF64 2NS.
During the two hours’, there will be:
• Short talk on the previous short breaks schemes to celebrate the successes of the program to date
• Young carers can talk to the new providers about what Short breaks offers they have over the winter they might want to access
• Activities with prizes for carers
• Refreshments will be provided (please email if you have an allergy)
For more details contact
Parents' Federation
Will be holding a Pedal Power Session, at Sophia Gardens, Pontcanna CF11 9XR, at 11:30am on Thursday 21st November, followed at 12:30pm by a conversation around Carers’ Rights in the Café.
This event is for any unpaid carer to attend. If you want to join us for the Pedal Power session, can you email admin@parentsfed.org or ring 029 2056 5917, so we are able to make a booking and allocate the correct bicycle for you.
If you would like to join us for coffee, cake & conversation around Carers’ Rights Day, can use Eventbrite link, below, to make a booking or ring 02920 565917
Eventbrite