What is Dignity Action Day?

Dignity Action Day gives everyone the opportunity to contribute to upholding people's rights to dignity and provide a truly memorable day for people receiving care. Dignity Action Day aims to ensure people who use care services are treated as individuals and are given choice, control and a sense of purpose in their daily lives.

Dame Joan Bakewell, Dignity in Care Ambassador said:

"Dignity Action Day highlights a more respectful way of behaving towards vulnerable people. The very old and the very young clearly need our respect, but it wouldn't do any harm to spread the dignity message across the population then we can all benefit."

Supporting Dignity Action Day will:

• Raise awareness of the importance of Dignity in Care
• Provide someone with an extra special day
• Demonstrate that everybody in the community has a role to play in upholding Dignity in Care
• Remind the public that staff have a right to be treated with dignity and respect too
• Provide a great community networking opportunity.

On Dignity Action Day we ask health and social care workers to promote dignity in their place of work. We also asks members of the public to promote dignity for people in their communities.

• Below is a flyer and resource packs with ideas for health and social care staff and members of the public as to how to take part in Dignity Action Day
• See the Dignity Action Day Memory Book to give you further inspiration
• Once you have decided what you are going to do you, add your pledge or activity to the website to inspire and encourage others.

 

• Dignity Action Day resource pack
  This updated pack is designed to help in the organisation of your Dignity Action Day event. The pack incorporates suggestions for promoting the event in your local media and ideas for inclusion...
• Dignity Action Day Flyer
  Please print off and use this flyer to promote Dignity Action Day in your workplace and local communities.
• The National Dignity Council is the lead body in taking forward the Dignity in Care Campaign.
  Our primary aim is to promote dignity across the board and raise its profile. We believe that Dignity is everyone's business and one of the key ways in which we work is to bring together the outputs...
• DAD Logo
  Non-copyrighted logo for use on Action Day.