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A young carer is someone under the age of 18 who looks after or helps to look after someone. It might be your mum or dad, grandparent, brother or sister or a close relative. This often means doing things like cooking, cleaning, shopping, giving medication or just talking and helping when the person you care about is feeling sad. Looking after someone takes up a lot of time and it can sometimes be very difficult to cope with everything. School, friends and doing things you enjoy can sometimes be hard to fit in. We have lots of useful stuff here that can help you understand what caring for someone is all about and how you can get help.
Carer Stories
Celina’s Story
Celina was thrown into caring for her Mum at a young age, but no one really understood her caring role and how hard it was to juggle everything at once Trigger warning: mental health
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Looking after someone can sometimes be tough. Doing other stuff like cooking, cleaning, shopping and looking out for someone you love might mean you don’t get to spend much time with friends and school holidays might be different than the ones your school friends enjoy.
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Being a young carer can have a big impact on the things that are important to growing up
It can affect a young person’s health, social life and self-confidence.
Many young carers struggle to juggle their education and caring
39% of young carers said that nobody in their school was aware of their caring role.
26% have been bullied at school because of their caring role.
1 in 20 miss school because of their caring role.
Going out with friends and doing social stuff is hard
72% of young carers say they feel lonely during the school holidays
