The Young Carers team at Carers’ Resource exists to support young carers in the Bradford, Harrogate and Craven districts of Yorkshire. A young carer is someone aged 18 or under who helps look after a relative who has a condition, such as a disability, illness, mental health condition, or a drug or alcohol problem. Most young carers look after one of their parents or care for a brother or sister.
Young Carers in the UK
School Children are Young Carers
Young Carers in each class
Young Carer Projects
Young carers sometimes don’t get to go places and do things they want to, because of the way caring affects their lives. It is often things like going out and having fun that young carers miss out on, and it’s our job to help make these things happen. Being a young carer can be tough, but having a fun break and making friends with other young carers makes a real difference.
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Laura Ives2019-03-04 11:10:592019-03-04 11:10:59Craven Young Carers - Laserzone 27.2.19As well as a range of activities to get involved in during school holidays we offer regular support and fun during term time. This can be in the form of one-to-one meetings with a member of the young carer team (mentoring). We also run Budz after school club for our primary school young carers and uTime youth clubs for high school age or young adult carers
Our Young Carers have found fun, friendship and support through the trips, mentoring systems, youth clubs and activities organised by Carers’ Resource. Here is what some of them have to say.
Being a young carer is a life lesson, and being a carer has taught me a lot of things I never would’ve thought I could do, and carers resource has helped me because I never knew my own strength, until now.
Last year I had left school, I was never leaving the house and I had no friends. I can honestly say that without the support I received from Young Carers I don’t think I would ever have found the confidence to go back into school. YC’s helped me get my life back on track. (Young adult carer now at University College, London)
Carers’ Resource young carers team have helped me by giving me respite during the school week so I could have a break from my caring duties for my mum and little sister. At the youth club I received support with school studies and help with home life. I am now at university studying nursing from my caring past but also the support of not having to worry about home life as much because my other siblings and father are there to help where I can’t but without Carers’ Resource I wouldn’t have been able to make that big step on my career life
Young Carers has taken me on trips and allowed me to enjoy myself. When they took me on residentials I was able to relax and not worry about things. I love going on the trips with young carers and making new friends
