Young Carers 

Are you a Young Carer?

Young carers are children and young people aged under 18 who provide care for another family member. This might be because the family member has an illness or disability and therefore needs a some extra help at home.

Caring for someone else is hard. Being a Young Carer can feel very lonely at times as looking after someone takes time. This means finding time for school work, activities and seeing friends is harder. Other people might find it hard to understand this. There are places that can help and you don’t need to do everything by yourself. Talking to people can really help.

What is it like to be a Young Carer?

Find out what a young carer is, ways a young carer can care for themselves and links to support that is available by visiting the MindMate website below:

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Support for Young Carers 

If you are a young carer and would like to talk to someone about it and get some support, here are the contact details for the Leeds Young Carers Support Service who will be able to help:

Telephone: 0113 733 9126
E-mail: Leedsyoungcarers@family-action.org.uk

Click on the link below to visit the Leeds Young Carers Support Service website for lots more information:

Click here to view the Leeds Young Carers website

Rosebank's Safeguarding Team

Talk to any teacher in school if you have any worries and not sure who to ask.  Rosebank's Safeguarding Team and are always there to help and listen.

 

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