Young Caregivers Your Family
Young Caregivers Your Family
A young carer is under 18 years of age. They help look after a parent, brother, sister or another relative or friend who due to their disability, frailty, illness or vulnerability cannot care for themselves without help. Young carers face serious caring responsibilities. In addition to the daily tasks they complete for their parents such as housework, cooking and bathing, they live with the added pressure of school and, often, a lack of understanding from schoolmates.
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Lancashire Young Carers - Providing help and support to young carers across the county. Has news and stories.
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Reach Out: Being a Young Carer - Includes suggestions for young carers on looking after themselves and information about their rights.
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Carers Association of SA: Young Carers - Provides information and support for young carers in South Australia. Includes factsheets, stories, resources and news.
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Bubblycrew - Created by teenagers in the United Kingdom who look after members of their family who are ill or need lots of help. Includes profiles, movies, interviews and personal experiences.
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Caregiving and Teens - Article intended to help teenagers understand their roles in caring for a frail elderly or disabled person, especially in their home.
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Carers New Zealand: Young Carers - News and articles about events, festivals, support groups and organisations for young carers.
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Young Carers Website - Aims to provide young carers in Hampshire with information on issues and the opportunity to share their own thoughts and feeling with others in a similar situation.
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Surrey Young Carers - Information by young carers for young carers, under age 18, including details of support groups, what they do, advice, homework help and news.
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The Princess Royal Trust for Carers: YC Net - Offers information and support. Includes advice for coping with feelings and links to organisations that may be helpful.
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The Children's Society: Young Carers Initiative - Provides information and support with details of local projects in the United Kingdom.
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Natterjacks Furness Young Carers - Support, advice and information for young carers in the Furness area of the United Kingdom. Also called the Natterjacks Project.
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Carewise Project - Support group for young carers, based in North Devon, UK. Includes what a young carer is, support offered, events, and newsletter.
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