Carers Rights Day 26th November 2020 Join online events

THURSDAY 26th NOVEMBER

Virtual: Marie Quinn from M2M Solicitors will be discussing the following topics:

11.00 – 11.30am Employment rights, including flexible working and reasonable adjustments

11.30 – 12.00pm Housing Benefit, including bedroom tax

12.00 12.30pm Tenancies, including assignment and succession.

12.30 – 1.00pm Going to court and appointing a litigation friend

Virtual: 2.00 - 3.00pm Sham Baig – Team Manager at the funding offices team will be discussing The Care Act

This will be a presentation covering Direct Payments (also referred to as a Personal Budget) and your rights to an assessment and what this entails. There will be an opportunity to ask questions but please note that Sham is unable to discuss individual cases.

Virtual: From 3.00 – 4.00pm Veronique Muhammad will be discussing digital resources available to carers

Digital resources can help find targeted information, build networks of support, develop personal resilience and manage care more effectively.

FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER Due to popular demand

Virtual: From 10.00 – 12.00pm A Department of Work & Pensions presentation, delivered by Colin Morris

Colin is a Partner Advisor for the Department of Work and Pensions and has over 30 years of knowledge and experience. He will be covering topicsincluding, furlough, redundancies, pensions, benefits and your rights as a carer.

The Virtual sessions are being managed by TuVida’s Carers Hub in the Ealing area and will run on various online platforms such as Zoom and MS Teams (laptop/tablet/mobile with speaker & camera required)

To book onto a Virtual Session, please contact TuVida (Berkshire) 0118 324 7333 or alternatively, you can email at berkshirehub@tuvida.org