It’s that time of year again… the summer holidays are here!! With the weather looking good and 6 weeks to make the most of, take a look at some of SYC’s recommended summer holiday activities to keep you busy over your holidays, whilst keeping the cost down!

We have three exciting opportunities to build your skills and experience in a growing, vibrant organisation where your ideas and contributions will be highly valued.

Richard Campos, aged 70 rowed his heart out raising more than £4,200 for five charities!!

'I was recovering from meningitis and sepsis and I decided that I wanted to get some of my fitness back.'

This Carers Week (6-12 June) we’re joining forces with Sheffield Carers Centre and Sheffield City Trust to encourage more unpaid carers to self-identify, seek support and prioritise their own health and wellbeing – not just that of the people they care for.

Young Carers Action Day is an annual event to raise awareness of young carers and the contribution we make by caring for our family members and friends. It’s also a day to call for more action to support young carers and young adult carers and give us the extra bit of help we need to live full and healthy lives. And we need your help to do it!

This charter is to show our dedication and commitment to giving young people a voice and involving them in decision making across the organisation. We think it is integral to ensuring we offer the best possible support to young people and young carers.

We are so excited and thrilled to share that we have received an award of Excellence for Carers from Carers Trust! All carers organisations are encouraged to apply for the award as a way of marking quality. There are 10 standards with a number of key indicators including signposting, peer support and advocacy which organisations have to meet in order to receive the award. Which we are pleased to say we achieved!

We are so excited to announce that local business Mina have chosen us as their charity of the year for 2022.

The team are ready and raring to go with lots of fundraising ideas for the year. The teams first challenge will see them getting their running shoes out and tying their laces to take on the hills of the Sheffield Half Marathon this March

The wellbeing of our staff and the young people and families that we work with is paramount.

Each year Carers UK hold Carers Rights Day to help carers know their rights and find out how to get the help and support they are entitled to.

To help celebrate the day, here are some simple ways you can raise awareness and build support for young carers in Sheffield

SYC's Annual General Meeting - celebrating young people and families supported by SYC in 2020-21

It has been quite a year - SYC's AGM will be led by young people from our Action Group. It is a time to celebrate, to reflect on what we have achieved and to look forward. Join us and hear what young people have to say!

Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) supports young carers and young people affected by substance misuse in their family and we’re seeking new trustees to support our vital work. This is a very rewarding voluntary role bringing many mutual benefits to both the individual trustee and SYC.

We’re delighted to be launching our brand new education project, Greater Reach, Brighter Futures - a three-year project, funded by the British and Foreign School Society and supported by Learn Sheffield and Sheffield City Council.

And just like that, the summer holidays are over! We aren’t too sad though because we were able to squeeze tons of fun into our five-week programme of holiday activities. From canoeing to climbing, young carers from all over Sheffield put themselves to the test, having lots of fun in the process!

As the new Health and Social Care Bill is going through Parliament, Young Carers National Voice are calling for the recognition of young carers’ rights to identification and support within health and social care services. Read our report today.

We have a vacancy for a highly motivated Young People’s One-to-One Worker. This is an exciting opportunity to build your skills and experience in a growing, vibrant organisation where your ideas and contributions will be highly valued.

Here are just a few of our favourite events, which could be perfect if you’re considering taking on a challenge for SYC but you’re not too sure where to start!

Woohoo, the summer holidays are finally here! It has been another crazy year filled with tons of hard work and pressure for young carers and young people affected by alcohol or drug issues in their family, so SYC are delighted to be able to offer lots of different activities during the summer holidays.

The summer holidays can be an exciting, fun time, but they can also be very hard to fill! Here are our top tips for fun and free activities this summer - enjoy!

They say charity starts at home… well for SYC, it certainly seems to! We’ve been delighted to receive support from a number of Sheffield-based companies, local groups and individuals over the past few months. Here are just a few of them…