Glasgow marks Carers Rights Day 2025

On Thursday 20 November, our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) marked Carers Rights Day and raised awareness of the unsung heroes of our communities, unpaid carers.

This year, the theme of the campaign was ‘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.

Each year, Carers Rights Day is a great opportunity to ensure carers are aware of their rights and to let carers know where to get help and support.

To mark Carers Rights Day, local events were held around the city in local carers centres. The Glasgow South Carers Centre hosted an information session on Carers Rights Day that covered many topics ranging from welfare rights to fuel poverty.

In addition to the events held, awareness messages circulated on social media with information on how to know your rights as a carer and find out what supports are available.

Help and support for Unpaid Carers

If you’re looking after someone in Glasgow and want further information on carers’ rights, news, campaigns, and accessing services (including an online carer self-referral form), then visit our HSCP’s Your Support Your Way Glasgow website. Carer Act Resources are available and updated regularly.

As a carer positive organisation, Glasgow City Council supports employees who are carers and has a variety of policies, procedures, and guidance to support carers in the workplace.

You can also read our Carer Strategy 2025 to 2028 to find out more about our commitment to make Glasgow a Caring Community.

The Scottish Government has also launched a National Wellbeing Hub, which provides information about help and support that’s available to health and social care staff and unpaid carers nationally, locally, and within their own organisations.

To find out what help and support is available in Scotland, visit the Carers Scotland website.