Martham Academy and Nursery has been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education, in recognition of their work to identify and support young carers. Family Support Worker at Martham Academy and Nursery, Julie Beales said: “At Martham Academy we recognise the important role of the Young Carers and wanted to support them and embrace […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...COVID-19 restrictions have had an impact on schools and young carers. But throughout the pandemic we have continued to work with schools to ensure they can identify pupils, who can be as young as five, who are young carers. This has included continuing to deliver Primary School ‘bubble’ assemblies (adhering to all government guidelines) using […]
Read more...Are you a young adult carer thinking about your next steps in education and higher educational options? ‘Take Your Place’ for young adult carer workshops are being run by the University of East Anglia (UEA), to help young adult carers find out more about the university. The workshops are being run as webinars and are here to help you navigate […]
Read more...The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has launched a children and young people’s survey ‘The Big Ask’ which is designed to find out what young people’s concerns and aspirations about the future are. If you are a young carer or young adult carer, it is important have their voices heard, that’s why this is your chance […]
Read more...The third International Young Carers Conference is fast approaching – it is being held from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 May. We are proud to have been selected to present at this event which includes speakers such as leading expert on young carers Prof Saul Becker and national young carers lead, for The Children’s Society, […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...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 […]
Read more...Wymondham High Academy has been awarded Caring Together’s Carer Friendly Tick Award – Education, in recognition of their work to identify and support young carers. Wymondham High teacher, Ms Sparrow, said: “We were keen to renew our Carer Friendly Tick Award to show that we have continued to work hard to maintain and improve the support available for our […]
Read more...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 […]
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