What is a Young Carer?
Do you look after someone in your family? Maybe because of:
- Physical disability
- Mental health issue
- Learning disability
- Drug misuse
- Alcohol misuse
- Any other long term illness or condition.
Then this website is for you.
- Accessibility
How Can You Help?
- Recognise Carers - Can you see us? Can you hear us?
- Empower Carers - Provide us with information and choices.
- Support Carers - We need support to ensure we can continue to work at a level we would like.
- Promote Carers issues within your community.
- Engage with Carers in a positive manner.
- Consider our views - involve us in service development.
- Take Time to listen to us.
CARERS RIGHTS DAY 2009
This year for Carers Rights Day AYCPlus set themselves a challenge: we wanted to visit all of the colleges in the county and Lincoln University. Our aim was to promote...-
Annual Report for April 2007 – March 2008 Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
“Recognition for the role young carers play within society is extremely important. . .” With storylines in soap operas,... -
Training for Young Carers
During the summer, we asked as many of you as we could grab (kicking and screaming!) what you would like to learn about as young... -
Sleaford Art Day
As the Carers Federation have moved into a new part of their building, they asked if our creative young carers could create some art... -
Wainfleet Residential 2009
During the summer a small group of carers went to Wainfleet for a few days. We were there to have fun and to hold an open day event...
