A network of organisations and individuals committed to improving the support available for young carers, young adult carers and their families.
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Young Carers Alliance retweeted
It’s #CarersRightsDay! This year is all about knowing and using carers’ rights, from workplace support to financial help.
It’s also a vital day as we push the government to deliver fairer rights for carers now and in the future.
Find out more: carers.org/carersrightsday
There are still some places left to book on the below Young Carers Alliance forum this Wednesday! #youngcarers #youthengagement
The next Young Carers Alliance forum will be focused on young carer involvement on Wednesday the 19th of February! You can sign up here and share with anyone in your networks who might be interested eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-car…..
The next Young Carers Alliance forum will be focused on young carer involvement on Wednesday the 19th of February! You can sign up here and share with anyone in your networks who might be interested eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-car…..
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
Our proposed amendment to the Mental Health Bill requiring practitioners to improve identification and support for children in the family when detaining someone under the Act received cross-party support in the Lords yesterday, thank you @KeeleyMP for tabling the amendment.
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
Congratulations to Izzy who won a Jack Petchey Achievement Award in November 2024 for being kind, helpful, and welcoming!
Find out more here: enfieldcarers.org/young-care…
#youngcarers #Enfield
@JPFoundation @CarersTrust @Enfield_Carers @YCAlliance
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
Our Young Carers Illustrations Project already runs in the UK and Japan. We are excited to be talking to people in Canada and Ireland this coming week about whether we can help them. See our website details of our free resources : youngcarersillustrations.com @YCAlliance
Welcome to some recent members of the Young Carers Alliance 🎉- Hammersmith and Fulham council @LBHF, @BCChildrensHosp and schools @UTCSouthDurham @Ashby_Hill_Top, St Aidan's Church of England Academy and Dover Grammar School for Boys
@DGSBTweet
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
Only 28% of schools recorded the number of young carers in their school last year. By including young carers in your school’s census data collection, you can help ensure that young carers get the care and support they need: youngcarersinschools.com/sch…
ALT Only 25% of schools recorded the number of young carers in their school last year. Photo of a school student on their phone, with a yellow circle encasing black and pink text.
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
📅 Tomorrow (16th Jan) marks the 2025 School Census!
Young carers are vastly underrepresented in the census, leaving many without the support they need.
Learn how to record young carers on the census and help them get support: youngcarersinschools.com/sch…
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
Please push this first aid session to any young adult carer (14-25's) its free, and available across Dorset. The first session to happen in Dorset so lets make it a success! @BCPCouncil @CarersDorset #firstaid #carers #youngcarers #Dorset #ThursdayThoughts #Training #5th #free
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
We were thrilled to win the Young Carers Award at @CYPNow Awards for our work on the Young Carers Alliance 🏆
Huge congratulations to fellow finalists @CarersInBeds @family_action Windsor and Maidenhead, both also Alliance members, doing excellent work supporting young carers 💙
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
⚽️Last night, our young carers & their families enjoyed an unforgettable evening watching the @ManCity game!
Incredible feedback enjoying time together, making memories! With thanks to our wonderful friends @citcmancity !
#ChidFriendlyCity #SupportNotSympathy
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
We were delighted to deliver a workshop today along with @carequalitycomm, @ycalliance member @WSCCNews and a young adult carer at #NCASC24 about improving transitions for young carers and parent carers 🙌
Young Carers Alliance retweeted
To help mark #CarersRightsDay yesterday, @Nicbrimblecombe shared a brilliant blog about the support that young carers and their families want, need and value most.
Read the full blog here: lse.ac.uk/cpec/news/rebias
@CPEC_LSE @YCAlliance
Welcome to the Young Carers Alliance Crossroads Care Kent! @Crossroads_Kent
Our latest @YCAlliance Forum is taking place today focused on assessments and support. To start, @andy_mcgowan has set the scene and @Nicbrimblecombe is now talking through her research on whole-family approaches to assessment/support for young carers
Linda Littler from @childrensociety is now presenting about support needs for young carers in armed forces community. Some of these families can move as many as 7 or 8 times during childhood as a result of deployments.
Helen Bolt from @SheffYoungC now presenting on their MPACT programme for young carers in families affected by drug or alcohol addiction.
25 out of the 26 children involved in the programme had significant caring roles at the start of programme.
