At Westminster Young Carers Service we recognize your role as a carer and understand that you might need support, help and advice about a whole range of things.

 We can help

• We can help with information and advice about school or work.
• We can help if you’re worried about the person you care for
• We’ll give you a safe, confidential and non judgemental environment where you can talk about your situation, your concerns and how you’re feeling.
• We can speak to school, other services or organisations on your behalf
• We know that you’ll need a break sometimes from being a carer so you can just be yourself and meet other young people like you.

What we do

Residential trips during school holidays
Fun activities where you can meet other young carers
Advocacy; where we can speak on your behalf
Homework support
Someone to talk to in confidence

Peer Mentor Training

We are running a series of peer mentoring workshops so that young carers can support younger carers;  learn to be advocates and speak on behalf of young carers to organisations and professionals. The training covers a wide range of subjects like: Identifying the needs of Young Carers of various ages, Health & Safety, Boundaries, Confidentiality, Equal Opportunities, Counselling skills, Leadership Styles, Teamwork & Best Practice, Working with parents and professionals and Referrals. Contact us if you’d like to learn more about this.

What we did last summer

You can read about what we did last summer newsletter summer 2011