We support children and young people aged 8 to 18 years old who have significant caring responsibilities for a close family member who has a short or long term illness or disability. This allows them to take time out for themselves, socialise and cope with the demands placed on them as carers.

The individual Young Carer’s voice is at the centre of everything we do, we ensure that our young carer’s get:

• Recognition of their caring role
• To be valued for what they do
• Someone they know and trust who understands their feelings and talk about their concerns
• Time and opportunities to escape from their caring responsibilities and forgot about their caring role for a while.
• Time to spend with friends and make new ones.
• Education, social care, health and other professionals to understand their caring role.
• Time and support to do homework.