Young Carer Services

One year ago (March 2020) I wrote the short article ‘Young Carers and Coronavirus’. One year later for #YoungCarersActionDay , here is a brief update:   COVID19 and lockdowns have taught us all a lot about #young carers  - their role ....
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  Read March 2021 update Read original article on young carers and Coronavirus (March 2020)   Practice examples (updated Young Carers Action Day 16th March 2021) To celebrate #NationalSiblingsDay  Sibs UK  ran two free creative ....
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The Hampshire Young Carers Alliance (HYCA) is an alliance of ten young carer services or ‘projects’ within Hampshire (UK), with the common aim of supporting young carers within the county.   Using an allocation of The Big Lottery funding, HYCA ....
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Building on an initial qualitative study of the impact of dedicated young carer services (Phelps, 2017), this report presents the findings of a follow-up study to evaluate the impact on young carers of support they receive from those services (young carer ....
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This new report by Daniel presents findings from research carried out  between December 2016 and August 2017. It reports on the needs of the young carers and their families, the changes that have been brought about for them by the young carer services ....
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