I wish I'd known

It’s easy to lose sight of your own wellbeing when you’re caring for someone. As an unpaid carer you have certain rights that may help you to look after yourself, such as the right to say you don’t want to take on certain part of a person’s care.
 
We regularly hear from carers about things they wish they’d known at the start of their caring journey; it might be a legal right that helped them or a tip or advice that made life easier.
 
This Carers Rights Day we’d love you to share with us what you wish you’d known at the start of your caring journey.
  
Please write your response below. If there is more than one thing you wish you’d known, feel free to write more than one.
 
We have a £50 supermarket voucher to give one person, chosen at random, who completes this survey. So if you’d like to enter the draw, please leave your email address at the end of the survey.

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* 1. When I first became a carer, I wish I’d known…

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* 2. On a scale of 1 - 3, where 1 is not informed at all and 3 is very informed, how informed about your rights as a carer did you feel when you started caring for somebody (or, if you are a new carer, how informed do you feel)?

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* 3. If you have accessed information about your rights as an unpaid carer, where did you find that information?

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* 4. We would like to be able to share your responses through our website, social media, newsletters and the press. We may also use responses when applying for funding.

If you are happy for us to share your response, please leave your contact details below. If you would prefer us not to use your full name, please leave the box blank (alternatively if you would like us to use your first name only, please just type your first name).

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* 5. As a thank you, we have a £50 supermarket voucher to give away. We’ll be choosing one entry at random to receive this prize. If you’d like to enter, please write your email address or a contact number here. These will not be kept or used for any purpose other than notifying the person chosen to receive the voucher.

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