Awareness-raising/policy
- Click here to play the Who Am I Poem recorded by members of Young Carers National Voice (YCNV)
- In this video Be Free YC have added pictures and facts about young carers to the voices of the young carers (YouTube link)
- James’ story – Video around young carers and hospital discharge
- Support Not Sympathy – Manchester Young Carers – YouTube – Young carer music video produced with young carers from Manchester Young Carers
- Keeping Children Safe in Education – Statutory guidance for schools and colleges which specifically mentions young carers and the need for schools to be aware of their needs.
- Top tips for GPs – Produced by NHS England Health Champions
- Top tips for mental health professionals [PDF, 644kB] – Produced by members of Young Carers National Voice Network (YCNV)
- Young Carers Animation – Aimed at Key Stage One Pupils (awareness-raising resource pack also available through Caring Together)
- All resources – Carers Trust –Carers Trust offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with carers – this includes a Digital Education Hub for staff working in schools created by Carers Trust Scotland
- https://www.facebook.com/CarersInBedfordshire/videos/687260179282740/ – Carers in Beds took part in a TV piece around young carers which is available on their Facebook page.
Practice
- Suggested wording for mental health referral forms [PDF, 138kB] – Produced by members of Young Carers National Voice Network (YCNV)
- Together Project – This was a project across Germany, Italy, Greece and UK focusing on a whole-family approach to supporting young carers. They have produced resources for awareness-raising and practice which are free to access.
Research and surveys
- Our Time – Breaking the cycle – The economic cost of poor parental mental health in association with Jon Franklin – May 2022
- Open University – Carer Research and Knowledge Exchange Network – A free access knowledge exchange resource for all those across the globe who require any form of carer-related knowledge.
- International Journal of Care and Caring – Cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15–17 in six European countries (conducted in the framework of the ME-WE project) – 5 April 2022
- Children’s Commissioner – The Big Ask Voices: Shining a light on young carers – March 2022 – childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/2022/03/16/the-big-ask-voices-shining-a-light-on-young-carers/
- Carers Trust – Carers Trust survey identifies steep rise in caring hours for young carers – March 2022
- Full report on the Carers Trust survey It’s harder than anyone understands [PDF, 9.5MB]
- Caring Together – Snapshot survey of young carers around identification and support – February 2022 –
- Policy briefing document – From caring to support – we still need to close the gap for young carers [PDF 158kB]
- Overview of findings presentation – Caring Together Young Carers snapshot poll – Feb 2022 [PDF, 190kB]
- News story – Members of House of Lords ‘lost in admiration’ of young carers and determined to bring about change
- BBC News – Young carers: Thousands of children left unsupported – Published 13 November 2021 – BBC News research shows scale of young carers missing out on support
- Caring Together – Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on young carers and their futures revealed – caringtogether.org/news/impact-of-covid-19-pandemic-ycad – 15 March 2021
- University of East Anglia – Study by the University of East Anglia reveals impact of COVID-19 on young carers – 24 June 2020 – caringtogether.org/news/study-by-uea
