Young carers are young people who look after someone in their family who has an illness, a disability or is affected by mental ill-health or substance misuse. These young people take on practical and/or emotional responsibiliyes that would normally be expected of an adult. Caring Roles can include: Practical tasks e.g cooking, housework and shopping Physical care e.g lifting,helping a parent on stairs Personal care e.g dressing, washing and helping woth toileting need Emotional support Giving medication Some parents don't recognise their child's caring role, While most young carers are not aware that they are Caring. Some young carers have high levels of care and other have low frequent levels of care.

Either highor low levels of caring can impact heavily on a young person's emotional and mental  health aswell as social life.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND STAND WITH US IN RAISING AWARENESS OF YOUNG CARERS SO THIS "HIDDEN ARMY" CAN BE SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED TODAY.

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