A young carer is a child or young adult who spends time looking after and helping a member of their family, or a close friend, with every day tasks they can no longer manage because of illness or disability.
That help may be shopping, making meals, doing the laundry or nursing care such as giving medication or lifting someone up and downstairs or in and out of bed. Or maybe you give your time just to be with someone when they need company.
Newham Young Carers Service
Newham Carers Network's Young Carers Service offers support to young carers in lots of ways:
A case work service which includes: Advocacy, education appeals, meetings with social work teams, benefit checks, signposting to other agencies.
Work with other professionals and raise awareness of Young Carers issues, at schools, with social workers, mental health, older people's and adults with disabilities teams.
They also offer:
Activities
Including bowling, skating, attending the yearly young carers festival, drama work shops, riding ponies, bicycles, art and craft.
Reference Group
This is where the young carers influence on how they would like the young carers service to develop and be run.
Training
Young carers have participated in first aid, finance, and life skills courses.
Family Days
Young Carers and their families get the opportunity to meet other carers, and also partcipate in fun activities as well as have access to young carer related information.
Newsletter
The newsletter is produced by the young carers with a young carers perspective.
Contact Details
Newham Young Carers Service
Stratford Advice Arcade
107-109 The Grove
Stratford, E15 1HP
Tel: 020 8522 1555
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