If you are a young carer, Carers Trust are offering you the opportunity to receive one-to-one support with your studies or employment goals. These sessions are for young adult carers, aged  16 – 25, who would like support. You can be offered up to four one-hour sessions during August and September. The sessions are to […]

At Caring Together we offer a range of activities for adult carers. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic we have carried on giving carers a range of ways to meet together and ensure that they are able to stay in contact with people in ways that work for them. As well as digital group meetings we are […]

At Caring Together we offer a range of activities for young carers and young adult carers. These include sessions where you can socialise and get to know other carers who are your age, have some fun, develop new skills and make contributions to ‘carer voice’ work – your chance to raise awareness of carers and […]

Dementia Adventure have free online training specifically for carers of someone living with dementia available. There are three topics: Thinking differently about dementia (2 hours) This is the initial core training. It includes: Understanding dementia and the common symptoms How dementia affects the senses, communication and behaviour The importance of continuing to ‘see’ the person […]

For a limited time, the charity Guide Dogs are offering iPads to children aged 3-18 with a vision impairment, while secondary school-age children may choose an iPhone instead. The devices have excellent accessibility features built-in, and online guides and tutorials will be provided to help them get started and to ensure that they know how […]

A Masters student at Manchester Metropolitan University is carrying out research investigating various factors that may affect resilience within young adult carers, and to see whether this has been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can see full details and take part at https://mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eM78rgT7zvZAwei The study is investigating young adult carers. Participants should be between […]

Do you work with young carers? Or are you an academic whose research areas include young carers? You can join us and the University of Portsmouth for the Young Carers Research and Practice Forum on 27th September, 1-3:30pm This will be bringing together academics whose research areas include young carers and staff from young carers […]

Royal Museums Greenwich are setting up a new network for young people aged 16-24 who support someone living with dementia in partnership with Admiral Nurses. This will be a chance to share experiences as well as to get support off peers and from professionals. A series of sessions are being plans where the young adult […]

The Open University’s Carers Scholarship Fund is the very first of its kind in the UK. They have already provided the equivalent of 50 full Open University scholarships to carers so that they get the chance to study, develop their sense of identity outside of caring and retrain towards seeking new employment. They are aiming […]

It can be valuable for people looking after a family member or friend to be identified as a carer.  With restrictions still in place in some settings due to coronavirus this can be relevant in a range of places and situations – for example it helps staff at hospital emergency departments recognise that someone is a carer if they have a carers card.  It […]