Young Carers Coventry

About Young Carers Coventry

Young carers are people aged between 5 and 18 years old who have a responsibility for looking after or helping someone else to look after a person who has a disability, a long-term illness, mental health illness, Autism/ADHD, or someone addicted to drugs or alcohol.

That person could be your mum, dad, brother, sister, grandparent, or even a close friend or neighbour.

As a young carer, you may help out by going shopping, cooking, cleaning, making sure the person you care for takes their medicine, talking and listening to them when they are not very happy, looking after your brothers and sisters or anything else that helps out at home.

We can help you by listening to you when you want to talk, giving you information and advice, arranging trips and activities to give you a break from your caring responsibilities, and supporting you through any troubles you may have in school (if the problems are because you are caring for someone).