At Oxford Health we’re proud to join Carers UK and organisations from across the country in raising awareness of the rights, entitlements and wider support available for unpaid carers.

This includes our Oxford Health staff who are working carers who are juggling supporting someone alongside working.

This year’s theme ‘Know your rights, use your rights’ is all about making sure more carers understand their entitlements and feel confident to use them.

We’re encouraging everyone to get involved and to find out how carers rights can help you to:

Know your rights, use your rights

As a carer, knowing your rights empowers you with information about what you’re entitled to.

This helps you feel confident asking for what you need, as well as challenging things when your rights are not being met – whether that be in the workplace or education, in accessing health or social care, or when interacting with other professionals or at home.

These right are:

Find out more here: Carers Rights Day (Carers UK)