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Some common issues that young carers may have to deal with and how we can help

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We understand all the worries and problems you might be having, whether they're big or small - we're here especially to support you while you care.

When you're a young carer to someone in your family, it can affect the way you feel, and the amount of time you get to do the things you enjoy.

Perhaps you've never thought of yourself as a young carer before - so you've never thought about finding out about any support there might be for you

The first thing for you to know is that you're not alone. There are estimated to be at least 700,000 children and young people caring in the UK (although it is generally felt this figure has risen since a full survey was carried out). So what you do is not very unusual, but it can be difficult, both physically and emotionally. You can feel proud of the caring you do - but perhaps sometimes you feel alone and in need of some help.

What you might do for the person you care for:

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We understand all the worries and problems you might be having, whether they're big or small - we're here especially to support you while you care. When you're a young carer to someone in your family, it can affect the way you feel, and the amount of time you get to do the things you enjoy.

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What are Young Carers doing through Covid-19?

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What are Young Carers doing through Covid-19?

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All about the changes we've made to support Young Carers during lockdown

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Hopefully to re-start soon!

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Lots of information about who young carers are and what they do.

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There are all sorts of benefits and services that both you, the person you care for, and the rest of your family, may be able to have to improve your lives. To make sure you receive everything that is available, different people carry out what is called an 'assessment'. This just means meeting you and your family and asking about any problems you have and then offering information, advice or support to make those problems less worrying.

You and your family may already have help and support from someone - a mental health worker or physical disability worker perhaps - who comes into your home and helps the person you care for with their illness or disability.

By law young carers of all ages have a right to have a personal assessment room when the person they care for is assessed and if you're 16 years or over you can have your own assessment, whether the person you care for is being assessed or not.

We'll first meet with your parent or guardian and get permission from them to meet with you. Although we may sometimes involve other members of your family in activities, our main focus within your family will always be YOU.

We will meet you for a chat and complete a relaxed assessment and then work out together any help and support you need as a young carer. Have a look above at the various types of support we can offer you.

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Your rights as a young carer | Carers Centre

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There are all sorts of benefits and services that both you, the person you care for, and the rest of your family, may be able to have to improve your lives. To make sure you receive everything that is available, different people carry out what is called an 'assessment'.

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Here's all the sort of things Young Carers will get back to in the future.

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You'll make lots of new friends if you join the Young Carers Service! We offer Youth Clubs for primary and secondary age carers, and at half term and in the holidays we organise lots of interesting, fun and cool trips, events and activities. We're doing competitions too - see some of the great entries below. J

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This is Us! Young Carers | Carers Centre

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You'll make lots of new friends if you join the Young Carers Service! We offer Youth Clubs for primary and secondary age carers, and at half term and in the holidays we organise lots of interesting, fun and cool trips, events and activities. We're doing competitions too - see some of the great entries below.

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YOUNG ADULT CARER (INBETWEENERS) LEAFLET 16-24

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YOUNG ADULT CARER (INBETWEENERS) LEAFLET 16-24

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GIRL HUGGING BOY, LOVELY KIDS TOGETHER, SISTER AND BROTHER, SIBLINGS

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Here's our main Young Carers leaflet outlining how we support young carers in Telford and what you can expect if you register with us.

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Here's just a taster of what we got up to before 2020 and the sort of thing we'll get up to once the pandemic is over! Lots of videos for and about young carers.

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If you join Young Carers you can also join Mind of Your Own and have a direct line to your support worker to talk about how you're feeling and what you're doing!

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Run jointly by Carers Trust and The Children's Society, the Young Carers in Schools (YCiS) programme works with schools across England to share good practice, provide relevant tools and training, and to celebrate the great outcomes that many schools achieve for young carers. Due to the increased pressures of Covid-19, now is a crucial time to be implementing support for young carers in school.

After five years, we are discussing ways to improve and update the YCiS programme. Please get in touch with any feedback or to be a part of this process.

Why take part?

The Young Carers in Schools programme enables schools to:

Gain national recognition for raising outcomes for young carers through the Young Carers in Schools Award.

Identify manageable steps to improve educational outcomes for this vulnerable pupil group - the programme breaks down the actions schools can take so that your school can prioritise what to do next.

Access additional support including tools, templates and good practice examples, webinars and professional development events.

Your privacy
We promise to keep your personal details safe. You can change how we contact you at any time by contacting us at dpo@carers.org or 0300 772 9600. To see how we protect and use your personal data read our Privacy Policy

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Young Carers in Schools is a free initiative that makes it as easy as possible for schools to support young carers, and awards good practice. Run jointly by Carers Trust and The Children's Society, the Young Carers in Schools (YCiS) programme works with schools across England to share good practice, provide relevant tools and training, and to celebrate...

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ALL ABOUT CORONAVIRUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN 

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ALL ABOUT CORONAVIRUS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN 

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YOUNG ADULT CARERS - MORE NATIONAL INFO 'ACTION FOR CARERS'

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YOUNG ADULT CARERS - MORE NATIONAL INFO 'ACTION FOR CARERS'

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What is a young adult carer?

The 'official' definition of a young adult carer is someone aged between 18-24 who cares, unpaid, for someone who may be chronically ill, disabled, have a mental health condition or an addiction.

How we help young adult carers

We run a very friendly and supportive network who meet up, socialise and find out more about what's available to them.

We also...

connect with colleges, universities and work places speaking on behalf of our young adult carers

help you understand the funding and services that are available to families

arrange regular free meet ups, meals and trips out so our YACs can get to know other people who are in a similar situation

All our support and social events are free but you do need to register with us (also free!).

Different caring situations

Everyone's caring situation is different. You may be part of a community which means caring can bring additional challenges. You might look after a parent, brother, sister, partner or grandparent. Young adults often care for more than one person in the family, in different ways.

Some of the more common situations are:

Take a look at the pages above to find out about our particular support and information for carers looking after someone with these conditions.

Get in touch

For a general enquiry for the Young Adult Carer team, please text on 07723 486730 or email yac@actionforcarers.org.uk

To get in touch with one of the YAC team in your area, please email them:

Lisa Walmsley
covers Guildford and Waverley

Mel Buxton
covers Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead, and Tandridge

Ami Makhecha
covers Surrey Heath, Woking, Runnymede, Epsom & Ewell, Elmbridge and Spelthorne

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Young adult carers (18-24) | Action for Carers

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The 'official' definition of a young adult carer is someone aged between 18-24 who cares, unpaid, for someone who may be chronically ill, disabled, have a mental health condition or an addiction. We run a very friendly and supportive network who meet up, socialise and find out more about what's available to them.