Carers Rights Day is all about raising awareness of the rights the UK’s 5.8 million unpaid carers are entitled to, and to help them get the support they need and the recognition they deserve – this year’s theme is ‘Know your rights, use your rights.’

To raise awareness of help available, we are holding a special event at Beaverbrooks House. Come along and meet staff from Blackpool Carers Centre, Citizens Advice and other organisations offering support to carers. You can find out about our respite activities and even join in with Strictly Fit Dance for fun and exercise at 1.30pm!

CLICK HERE to download our Carers Rights Day 2025 Information Leaflet.

Every day, 12,000 people 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.

Carers should not have to miss out on support designed to reduce some of the pressures caring can bring. Whether they care 24/7 or juggle care with work and family life, are new to caring or have been for many years, and wherever they live in the UK – all carers deserve to understand their rights and be supported to use them if they wish.

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Please don’t struggle on alone, there is plenty of support out there to help you…please come along, everyone is welcome.

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In a recent survey of nearly 6,000 carers by Carers UK, they found:

• Four in five unpaid carers are providing more care for relatives
• 78% reported that the needs of the person they care for have increased during the pandemic
• Two thirds (67%) worried about how they will cope through further lockdowns or local restrictions.

Carers need to know their rights wherever they are in their caring journey: whether they are in the workplace, in a healthcare setting, when interacting with professionals or at home.

This Carers Rights Day, we want to empower carers with information and support, so they can feel confident asking for what they need. We also want carers to know how to challenge things when their rights are not being met.

CLICK HERE to read the full Carers UK report: Unseen and Undervalued: the value of unpaid care provided to date during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To know more about your rights, CLICK HERE to read the Carers UK

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