Carer Awareness
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Sefton Young <strong>Carer</strong>s<br />
What are young carers?<br />
There are about 700,000 young carers in the UK. Being a young carer<br />
often means looking after a family member who is ill or helping them<br />
by looking after the other members of the family while they can’t.<br />
Young carers often do more chores than other children would. On top<br />
of providing emotional support to the person they are caring for they<br />
may also have to learn how to nurse them or look after their personal<br />
needs like bathing and dressing.<br />
It can be hard work being a young carer. Sometimes other children<br />
don’t understand your responsibilities and you have less free time than<br />
others.<br />
Many young cope well with caring, especially if you have support from<br />
other family members and it’s important to look after yourself. You<br />
have the right to be looked after too and there are lots of places and<br />
people you can go to get help.
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