We’re ensuring unpaid carers are supported, heard and know their rights this Carers Rights Day and beyond

It’s important people who provide unpaid care or support to someone close to them due to illness, a disability, addiction or other, know their rights, wherever they are in their caring journey. This Carers Rights Day (Thursday 20th November 2025) and beyond, we want to help raise awareness about how we at Carers in Hertfordshire and other services are there to ensure carers are identified, informed, supported and heard.

This year’s theme is ‘Know your Rights, Use your Rights’ as knowing about the support you are entitled to when you have caring responsibilities can help you feel confident to ask for what you need and challenge 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.

One way we support carers is by organising workshops and events to enable you to meet other carers and have a break from caring, to pick up tips to help you in your caring role, or talk to people from organisations that pay for, or provide, health and community services.

This Carers Rights Day we are holding:
• A drop-in Information Event for Carers taking place in Stevenage (Stevenage Footaball Club) 10am to 2.30pm. Join us to learn about your rights, discover support resources in Hertfordshire, speak with representatives from organisations including ours, advocacy agency POhWER, Citizens Advice and more! Find out more or book onto a session via this link – Carers Rights Day Information Event.
• Online Employment Rights Workshop, 2pm to 3pm. A legal expert will discuss employment law that can benefit people juggling work with a caring role, such as Unpaid Carer’s Leave and Flexible Working. Sign up to this event at Employment Rights session.
• Our Harpenden Carers Support Hub has its meeting on Thursday 20th November 2025, 11.30am to 1pm at The Harpenden Trust, 130a Southdown Road, Harpenden. There is no speaker this month, so more time to chat with other carers. Book your place at Harpenden Hub.

If you are in Hertfordshire and provide unpaid care to someone or you live elsewhere and look after someone in the county, we are here for you. Contact us to find out how we can help you – email contact@carersinherts.org.uk or call 01992 58 69 69.

National charity Carers UK, which co-ordinates Carers Rights Day, has some useful information related to a range of carers’ rights. Visit www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/guides-and-tools/looking-after-someone-guide/ or get in touch by emailing advice@carersuk.org or calling 0808 808 7777 (9am – 6pm Monday to Friday).