Welcome

Winchester Young Carers is a charity which provides a service for Young Carers aged 8-17 throughout the Winchester District.  Read our Mission Statement

If you are a young carer but do not live within the Winchester District there is a list of other Hampshire projects here.

We are on YouTube! Watch short films about young carers.

10 to No 10 for the 10th

10 young carers, including three from Winchester, visited No 10 Downing Street just ahead of the 10th Annual Young Carers Festival. Read all about it.

Who is a Young Carer?

A Young Carer is first and foremost a young person - with all the concerns, needs, and insecurities of a young person - but one who in addition has caring responsibilities within his or her family.  This generally involves helping to look after a parent or sibling who suffers from long-term illness, disability, or addiction.  Young Carers include

• An 8-year-old boy helping his mum with household chores because she has MS
• A 12-year-old girl helping her elder brother who is autistic
• A 15-year-old boy looking after his younger siblings because his father is an alcoholic

What do we offer?

• Information and advice
• Someone to listen to how you are feeling
• A range of different activities and trips - and time for a laugh
• The opportunity to meet other young people in similar situations and make new friends
• A regular club to meet up at and chat and relax
• Support in schools
• Opportunities to learn new skills such as first aid and cooking
• A Befriending Scheme (one-to-one support)
• Help finding other support that you may need

 

NOTE: Although every effort is made to ensure the information on this site is accurate we can accept no responsibility for errors or omissions. The content of linked external sites is beyond the control of WYCP.