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SUPPORT FOR YOUNG CARERS
Do you help to look after someone in your family?
You are a young carer and we are here to help.
The Centre 33 Young Carers Project works with young carers up to their 19th birthday.
We work in schools, groups, one to one and with community groups across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
What is a young carer?
A young carer is a child or young person who offers practical or emotional caring support to someone with a mental or physical illness, disability, or is dependent on drugs or alcohol. They carry out significant or substantial caring tasks, taking on a level or responsibility that is inappropriate to their age or development. Are you a young carer? You are not alone! There is plenty of support out there for you.
How to get support?
If you are under 13, you must get your parents’ consent to make the referral. If you are 13 or over, you can self-refer without your parents’ consent.
You can make a referral by:
- Speaking to the young carers’ champions or contact at your school – click here to see which schools we support
- By calling us on 0333 4141809; Text/WhatsApp: 07514783745; email: youngcarers@centre33.org.uk
- fill in our referral form here.
- By speaking to a professional you are already working with, e.g. family worker, social worker, so they can refer you into the service
What support does Centre 33 offer young carers?
Depending on your needs we can help in lots of different ways including:
- Offering you a Young Carers Needs Assessment
- Giving you someone to talk to
- Helping you to meet other young carers in the same situation as you
- Supporting you with life transitions like starting a new school
Note about permission
All of Centre 33's services are confidential. That means they will not tell anyone, without your permission, that you are in contact with them or what you tell them. If you are in the young carers project then your parents or carers and sometimes your college are informed and involved unless it is not appropriate or you don’t want them to be. They can discuss this with you.
That would only change if they thought you or someone else was at risk of serious harm. If they did have to talk to someone else to help keep you safe, they would always try to talk to you about that first. You can read about this and also how they keep your information safe here.
If you are over 19 and a carer, Caring Together is a leading charity supporting carers of all ages across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.
We provide information and advice, run services in our local communities and campaign so that carers have choices.
More details here.
work in partnership with Caring Together and Centre 33, to provide a all age carer support service. Please click here to find out more and how to contact the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Carer Support Service.
