A young carer is a pupil under the age of 18 who provides care, assistance, or support to a family member who has a physical or mental illness, disability, or addiction. This may include tasks such as personal care, household chores, and emotional support.
This is likely to have a significant impact on their childhood experiences.
A young carer will take on additional responsibilities to those appropriate to their age and development. A young carer might be providing the main care or share responsibilities with another family member.
The caring tasks a young carer has to deal with can include the following:
Miss Diana Chadfield
Family Support Officer and Deputy DSL
Mr. Michael Kelly
Assistant Head and DSL
Mrs. Fiona Drake
Assistant Head and LAC
Boom! Young Carers provides free of charge, fortnightly groups during term time. The groups aim for Young Carers to have a break from their caring responsibilities, meet other Young Carers, learn new skills and most importantly have some fun while doing so! https://benjaminfoundation.co.uk/youth-community/young-carers/
The Young Carers Norfolk is a partnership between Voluntary Norfolk and the Benjamin Foundation. Together we have years of experience working with carers of all ages. Together we seek to provide support to young carers and their families as well as parent carers across Norfolk. https://www.youngcarersmatternorfolk.org/
