Article: Cash crisis puts carers' help group in jeopardy; Problems with Christmas party a sign of things to come.(News)

Article: Young carers get food for thought.
Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England);  December 22, 2007 ;     611 words ... ... now the efforts of young carers across the city have ... Royal Trust for Carers Christmas party and now boxes of crackers ... make this happen." Young carers development manager ... Christmas parties give our young carers a chance to let their ...

Article: Young carers give minister their 10-point action ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Hannah J and Beverly are all young carers, who take responsibility for ... They had each been chosen by young carers in projects across Wales to represent ... them and to present the views of young carers to the Welsh Assembly Government ...

Article: YOUNG CARERS
Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Fox highlights the hidden struggles of young carers and the signs health practitioners can ... for to identify those who need support Young carers are children and young people who look ... care for more than 50 hours a week.1 Young carers take on practical and/or emotional ...

Article: Supporting young carers.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... people at a special event this week. Young carers from throughout Wales will be taking ... Wells. They will be enjoying the Wales Young Carers' Festival, taking place over two days ... estimated that Wales had about 11,000 young carers under the age of 17. They can be caring ...

Article: Government assistance for young carers.(Carers ...
Youth Studies Australia;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... social and economic participation. The Young Carers Research Project (2002) report found that the availability of research data on young carers was limited. The Australian Bureau ... population. The report also found that young carers are more likely to come from low-income ...

Article: Young carers want ID cards - to prove they're not ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... and consider the need for a national young carers strategy. The call comes as young carers have spoken about the stresses they face ... today, reveals that more than half of young carers feel they cannot cope. Teenagers looking ...

Article: Young carers can find it tougher to be cool at ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  March 22, 2008 ;     582 words ... ... Carers UK show around 27 per cent of young carers of secondary school age are struggling ... it was estimated there were 51,000 young carers in the UK but the 2001 census suggested numbers of young carers were more like 175,000. Debbie Schamroth ...