How you can help a friend who is a young carer
Are you... A young carer or their friend?
- Get in touch with us using our Contact Us page
- Visit our young people's pages YC4L
- See our Useful Links
- Be trustworthy – keep what is happening in your friends family a secret if they ask you to
- Be there for them, but back off when they are in a bad mood or want to be alone
- Understand that they can’t always go out
- Listen to them when they’re upset or explaining what is wrong with the person they care for
- Take them seriously and try to imagine how it feels
- Remember important dates – like when someone has died or when someone has to go to hospital
- Don’t use them – young carers are very caring people!
