Enterprise is Awesome
One of our Young Adult Carers is awesome with her school enterprise project! She was in Santander selling a product her team had chosen called a drink dock. The product has been designed with the intention to stop drinks spilling across the desk at home or at work.. An amazing enterprise idea, well done!
Spreading the word about Young Carers
The Young Carers and Families Team have been spreading the word in the local Community about Young Carers and our project, we have visited Horizons (drug and alcohol service), Harrogate Police Station and local schools to talk to them about how to identify Young Carers, how to refer them and what we offer as a service.
Young Carer Awareness Day was Awesome
To celebrate Young Carer Awareness day on the 28th January, we hosted a ‘Question Time’ event at our Youth club in Harrogate. We invited professionals from different areas of expertise, from Careers advisers to a local Councillor’ we had it covered. Our Young Carers had the chance to ask those pressing questions that were on their minds. It was a great event and Thank you to all who attended it was Awesome!!
Our relaxation boxes are awesome
The Young Carers and Families team have been very busy making relaxation and revision boxes for all of our Young Carers who would benefit from one. They include stress balls, colouring books, note pads, something cuddley, fidget toys, story books, revision tips, post-it notes, highlighters etc. We are proud of them and think they will benefit many of our Young Carers.
Christmas Hampers are awesome!
Our young carer’s team have been busy delivering hampers kindly donated by the Department of Work and Pensions. Around 90 hampers were donated for our young carer’s and their families to enjoy over the festive period. Here, young carer Emily shows her thanks to us on Facebook . Emily – you’re AWESOME!
Children in Need is Awesome!
The Budz had lots of fun making Pudsey themed treats. Children in Need is a truly awesome charity which helps us to support young carers through their grants. Thanks to them and to everyone who donated on the night making it possible!
Creative Young Carers are Awesome
Congratulations to Craven Young Carer Poppy Neely! She has won the Carers’ Trust Christmas card competition. Christmas cards are Awesome!
K’Nex is Awesome
Craven Young Carers had great fun making K’Nex creations. Thank you for supporting young carers.http://www.knex.co.uk/
Rotary Club of Harrogate Brigantes are Awesome
For the Rotary Club of Harrogate Brigantes swung into action and raised £2,250 at the event for our Harrogate youth club BUDZ.
Guy Wilson (centre), President of Rotary Club of Harrogate Brigantes, is pictured presenting the generous donation to Young Carer Worker Laura Frith (left) and Anne Wells (right), our Fundraising Co-ordinator, with some delighted young carers who attend BUDZ with their personalised bears from Teddy Ranch.
The funds will go towards ensuring on-going activities for the group – a huge thank you to all who supported the event.
Josh Warrington is awesome
European Featherweight boxing champion Josh ‘The Warrior’ Warrington popped into our last boxing session to meet our Young Carers. Josh used to be a young carer himself, caring for his brother and sister. He spoke to us about how the skills he learnt caring has helped him become a champion boxer. Thanks Josh, you’re awesome!
The Rotary Club of Haworth and Worth Valley is Awesome
A big thank you to the Haworth and Worth Valley Rotary Club for choosing Craven Young Carers as the President’s Charity of the year.
Hesketh Farm Park
Craven Young Carers had a fun-filled day at Hesketh Farm Park! A very big thank you to Chris and Sue for supporting young carers.
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Boxing is awesome.
Our Young carers & young adult carers in Harrogate got to take to the punch bags to relieve some stress with local ex professional Rob Smith. Rob runs H Hour Boxing gym in Harrogate and is offering boxing sessions for our young carers over the summer holidays. The next session will be Wednesday 13th August, for more info ring 500555 and ask for the young carer team. Thanks to everyone who came to the first session, you’re awesome!
Bettys Cookery School is awesome!
Harrogate and Craven Young Carers had a great time and learned how to make bread. A big thank you to Bettys for all their support.
Our video is awesome.
Our young adult carers put together this awesome video promoting our Young Adult Carer project. It was filmed at our youth club Utime @ The Pit, and only took a few days for it to be completed. The video was part of a bid we are making to the Carnegie Trust. Thanks to everyone who got involved, you’re awesome!
The full video can be viewed HERE
Winning £50 would be Awesome!
Carers’ Trust need your opinions – click here to complete a quick survey – should take less than 10 minutes and you could be the lucky winner of vouchers worth from £10 to £50. They want to hear from young carers from all over the country. Thanks!
Natalie is Awesome
Great time bowling at Matrix in Skipton with Natalie, Susan and Craven Young Carers
Tea and Cakes are awesome
Massive thanks to everyone who came for tea and cupcakes in aid of Carers’ Resource – Time out for Tea!
Carers Week is Awesome
8 – 14 June is Carers Week so get everyone talking about carers and especially young carers
. Ask to do an assembly at school or hold a bake sale maybe?
Life in a Spin Game is Awesome!
Carers Trust have developed an online game to explain to people what life is like as a young adult carer, trying to juggle all the demands of life. You have to keep all the plates spinning – good luck! Click to play Life in a Spin
Awesome news
Young carers in the Harrogate Informer . Good luck to all our young carers going through exams at the moment.