Are you a young carer or young adult carer who is looking at moving into employment, but feel nervous about the challenges and uncertainties you may face? Carers Trust and Quilter Foundation are here to help with a free HR and employability workshop on Wednesday 31 August at 11.00am. The workshop will help to build your […]
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Read more...Are you a young person looking after a family member? Do you love drama and storytelling? Norwich Theatre invites young carers living in and around Norwich to unleash their creativity at a taster playwriting workshop on at Norwich Theatre Stage Two on Thursday 11 August, 10.30am-12.30pm. After the taster workshop, the full playwriting workshops will […]
Read more...The Garage, Whitefriars Church of England Primary Academy and Ashleigh Primary School have been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award in recognition of their work to identify and support carers. A panel of young carers assessed each application on behalf of Caring Together, a charity which supports people caring for family members or friends […]
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Read more...Marshland High School in Wisbech has once again been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education, in recognition of their continued work to identify and support young carers. The Carer Friendly Tick Award was originally developed for education by young carers from Caring Together’s Norfolk Young Carers Forum (NYCF) project. Applications from schools […]
Read more...If you are a young carer, the Royal Photographic Society and Action for Children invite you to get creative and take part in their ‘A young carer – life in focus’ project, where you will learn new things and get the chance to to show them what everyday life looks like for you. Photography is […]
Read more...This week the Children’s Commissioner for England published the Voices of England’s Missing Children report. This followed the Attendance Audit which included a survey to all local authorities across the country and a deep-dive into 10 areas. Nearly 500 people, including over 300 children were spoken to. This was to find out more about why […]
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Read more...Caring Together has welcomed the news that the Children’s Commissioner for England is calling for a range of measures to be put in place to help improve the early identification and support of young carers across the country. Proposals include calls for: A joined-up approach between schools, local authorities and other professionals such as health […]
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