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Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to their families and communities. The campaign theme this year is ‘Make Caring Visible and Valued’.
WATCH young carer Thomas talk on BBC Look North about his fear of bringing COVID-19 home to his parents, as Carers UK and others call…
In November, Sheffield Young Carers received the ‘We invest in people’ Standard from Investors in People.
In really good news, we have just been awarded £1000 from Sheffield-based fundraising group, 500 Together.
Putting young people first: our annual general meeting will be hosted by young people from SYC’s Action Group.
A brand new tool to help education workers to identify new and hidden young carers is launched by the National Voice campaign.
We support the #BlackLivesMatter movement and stand in solidarity with black people and black communities in Sheffield…
Today, young people and workers from young carers organisations around the country are meeting to start our collective campaign: for better recognition and support in schools and colleges.
Lockdown is having a real impact on the children and young people we support: many are unable to take a break from their caring and they are all missing out on the support and distraction that school provides. Access to other services that young carers and their families rely on, including other charities, social care workers and their wider family, has also been reduced under lockdown.
The lockdown won’t stop our regular and fun school holiday activities! We’ve got great stuff on all week for the young people and families we support. Click here for details
Sheffield City Council have said that schools will be open for young carers from Monday 23 March - if that’s the safest option for those young carers and their families.
Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) is looking for professional counsellors to deliver individual support to young people aged 8-12 years old.
This year’s theme is about helping schools to identify and support young carers. Watch Dylan and Henry explain how caring impacts their education and what schools can do to help!
We had a great summer here at SYC. From rock climbing, canoeing and abseiling to mucking out the pigs, there weren’t many activities we didn’t get stuck into! Here are just a few of our photo highlights:
We currently have three exciting vacancies in a growing, vibrant organisation where your ideas and contributions will be highly valued:
Young People’s Assistant Project Worker (full-time)
Education Development Worker (17.5 hrs p/wk)
Digital Development Officer (17.5 hrs p/wk)
Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) is entering the next crucial phase of our development. We are seeking to commission a consultant to support and challenge SYC over the next five years. You will need experience in supporting a youth-led, small organisation through a period of change, with a focus on developing the impact of our work. .
In Carers Week this June, following our trip to meet the Prime Minister last year, our brilliant Patron Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield helped us organise a meeting in Parliament for young carers’ organisations from around the country to come together to meet with MPs and agree action to improve support for young carers all over the UK.
10-16 June 2019 is Carers Week: a national week of awareness-raising campaigns and events to recognise and celebrate the contribution of unpaid carers of all ages, from all over the UK.
To mark this year’s theme, which is ‘Getting Carers Connected’, we’re asking all of the young carers and families we help at SYC to ‘get connected’ by creating the longest-ever paper chain made by young carers in the world!
Local charity Free Cakes for Kids Sheffield have been baking up a storm for the young people who attend our group sessions. Free Cakes For Kids uses volunteer bakers to make birthday cakes for young people who might not otherwise get a cake on their special day.
