a young carer
East Lothian Young Carers is East Lothian's young carers charity.
We support children and young people who look after or help to look after someone in their family.
What we doYoung carers are young people who look after or help to look after a family member such as a parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt or other relative. Some young carers may care for a family friend.
East Lothian Young Carers is a local independent charity established in 2003 to provide a service to young carers aged 5-24 and their families in East Lothian.
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Young Carers
East Lothian Young Carers provides young carers across East Lothian with information, support, time out, fun activities, the opportunity to meet other young carers, help with school and home work and family support.
"The young carers has helped me so much over the years in various
different things. They helped me become a more confident individual
not just with being more socially active but also in my school work and
have supported me and encouraged me to do my best and believed in
me. They gave me the chance to be more like people my age with the
clubs and not have to be worried or stressed for the time I was there."
Who are young carers?