Carers Week

Carers week is one week a year which celebrates cares of all ages, some of these carers will be young carers who are group of people around the country which are under the age of 18.

Carer’s week last from the 12th- 16th of June.

One of the foundations that fund young carers is The Prince’s Trust. The Prince’s Trust support young carers and Centre 33 fund young carers so that they can and do activities, for example they could go to a theme park or have a day out together / as a group.

According to the most recent census (Office for National Statistics, 2011), there are almost 166,000 young carers (aged 5-17) in England.

The Care and Support Statutory Guidance issued under the Care Act 20143 sets out the ways in which young carers are identified and provided with the support that they need however, this includes no further definition.

National Carers’ Strategy included young carers in its provisions but did not provide its own definition beyond accepting the 2001 Census estimates of the number of young carers and time spent caring.