Carers Rights Day event & Enfield Carers Centre AGM
Thursday 21st November 2024 from 12:15 to 4:30pm
At Community House, 311 Fore Street, Edmonton, N9 0PZ
Please email info@enfieldcarers.org or call 020 8366 3677 to book your place at the above event so that we can confirm numbers for catering
Starting with lunch from 12:15pm
1:15pm Introduction and welcome
1:20pm Enfield Carers Centre Annual General Meeting
2:00pm CARERS RIGHTS DAY EVENT: RECOGNISING YOUR RIGHTS
Keynote Speakers will be Lia Markwick and Luke Clements who is the Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, Leeds University.
2:50pm Questions & Answers
3:15pm Tea break
3:30pm Presentations from Enfield Carers Centre staff
- Carers Assessments – how to get the best out of them
- Help for older Carers – DWP Pension Credit Toolkit
- GP & Hospital Liaison – What support is available?
- Carers Ambassadors – Meet & Greet, Vacancies
4:30 pm Event ends
Keynote Speaker will be Luke Clements who is the Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, Leeds University.
Luke practised as a solicitor between 1981 and 2021 and in that capacity had conduct of a number of cases before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights. Luke’s academic research and litigation experience is primarily concerned with the rights of people who experience social exclusion, including disabled people and their carers.
He has helped draft and promote a number of Parliamentary Bills aimed at improving the rights of people experiencing social exclusion – including Bills that became the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 and the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004.
In 2013 he was the Special Adviser to the Parliamentary Committee that scrutinised the draft Bill that resulted in the Care Act 2014.
Luke’s Chair in Law is funded by the disabled children’s charity Cerebra and publications emerging from this research collaboration include reports concerning: the accessibility and effectiveness of disabled facilities grants; local authority home to school transport policies; direct payments; social care charging; delay and complaints; and social care policies that discriminate against disabled children and institutionalise parent-carer blame. The reports can be accessed by clicking here.
Luke is a Patron of the Disability Law Service and a Special Adviser to the Spinal Injuries Association. He has written widely – details of his books and articles can be found on the Publications page.
Recognising your rights
This year, Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 21 November 2024 – and this year’s theme is recognising your rights.
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. This year’s theme is ‘recognising your rights’ – and our aim is to help carers recognise and understand their rights, and to access the support available to them, whenever they need it.
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.