Isle of Wight Young Carers
The YMCA Isle of Wight Young Carers Project is about giving Young Carers:
- The option of meeting others in a similar situation
- Someone to listen if you want to talk
- Advice and support
- A break from caring responsibilities
- 1:1 support and befriending
- Training and activity opportunitieis
- Funding for a 'my time' independant break
- Having some fun!
What do Young Carers Do?
Young carers help the person they care for in many ways such as one of the following:
- Lift or dress them
- Help them wash or go to the toilet
- Give medecine or injections
- Help with housework
- Do the shopping
- Worry about them
- Keep them company
- Cope with unusual behaviour
What's it like being a Young Carer?
Young carers know that caring for someone can be really rewarding, can make a family feel very close and can help a young carer be very organised. But it can also be stressful and tiring, can cause problems for school, make you feel a bit different and lonely and mean you can't always do the things you'd like to do.
Providing a caring role at a young age can impct on all aspects of a young person's well being:
- Socially
- Emotionally
- Educataionally
Innapropriate levels of care can have an adverse impact on a young person's development and potential. Impacts from caring include social isolation and bullying, under achievement, absenteeism from school, physical/mental ill health and feeling stressed/tired.
More information?
If you would like some more information, please contact us at the following:
YMCA Isle of Wight Young Carers Project,
Winchester House,
Sandown Road,
Shanklin,
Isle of Wight,
PO37 6HU
Tel: 01983 861071
Email: iowyoungcarers@ymca-fg.org
