Elesa Duggan’s day begins like a normal 14-year-old’s. She gets herself up and dressed. Then wakes up her four-year-old sister Laura. They have breakfast together, which is always a bowl of Frosties as it Laura’s favourite. This is where things differ, because Elesa not only makes the breakfast, she also washed and dresses Laura andContinueContinue reading “A Day In The Life of a Young Carer”
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Ten Tips from one Young Carer to another!
“Caring for my mother has sent me on a roller-coaster, I have only just learnt how to balance my health and hers. I hope these tips can help others like me not to struggle alone.” Megan Walker, 21, has been caring for her physically disabled mother, Dianne, in Sheffield since she was 14. Dianne, 46,ContinueContinue reading “Ten Tips from one Young Carer to another!”
Young Carers average doing £12,000 worth of unpaid work
New research has suggested that young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones. Action for Children in their recent report released on 17th February 2020, state that their unpaid work equates to £12,000 a year on a part-time carers wage. The report (Action For Children 2020) shows theContinueContinue reading “Young Carers average doing £12,000 worth of unpaid work”
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