A young carer is a child or young person who helps to look after someone in their family who has an illness, disability, mental health condition, or struggles with drug or alcohol use. Many children don’t realise that they’re ‘carers’, they simply see what they do as part of everyday family life. But their responsibilities often go beyond what’s typically expected for their age, and it’s important that they’re recognised and supported.
The Shropshire Young Carers organisation’s aim is to ensure that young carers are identified early, understood, and offered that meaningful support.
The Rotary Club of Oswestry and Cambrian has been helping Shropshire Young Carers for a while now. This year we gave them money to purchase some games and activities for when they meet up to relax outside of their caring duties. They were all excited to have so many new things to do.
You can find out more about the organisation at https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/early-help/family-help-services/young-carers/
To find out more about our Rotary club, our website is oswestrycambrianrc.org or you can email us at oswestrycambrian@gmail.com
