A young carer is someone under the age of 25, who is not paid, who regularly looks after someone in their family who is disabled, ill struggles with addiction or similar. This can be a parent, an older/younger sibling, a grandparent or someone else who you look after. Some tasks a young carer might do include: Practical tasks, like housework, cooking or shopping Personal care, like helping wash, or get dressed. Physical care, like helping stand or get out of bed. Emotional support like calming someone down Managing the family budget and collecting prescriptions. Helping to give medicine. Helping someone communicate. Looking after brothers and sisters There are around 700,000 young carers in the UK That is around 1 in 12 secondary age pupils. 1 in 3 young carers spend between 11-20 hours each week caring. Young carers are just young people with additional caring responsibilities. They will look the same as everyone else. The average age of a young carer is 12. Caring can be an isolating experience. I know multiple people at my school who are young carers.
This is to spread awareness. The information here is mostly from the Carers Trust.
