Category Archives: young carers

What If

What If

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Turning Niomi’s beautiful poem into a song for use in the Red Cross Shropshire Young Carers documentary

Youngest carer in Gloucestershire is only 4 years old!

Youngest carer in county is four years old – public debate hears
WHILE some children think only of playing and fun, others have a different life and are burdened with caring for families, sometimes even helping feed and wash.

And the youngest carer in the county is just four years old.

Although it is not known the particulars of this child’s reality, the news rocked an audience when county health boss Jan Stubbings made the startling revelation at The Gloucestershire Health Debate on Thursday.

Brave young carer does a charity skydive

Newport carer’s charity skydive

10:20am Sunday 8th May 2011

 

A NEWPORT young carer will take to the skies to raise money two charities close to her heart.

Megan Mills, 17, will complete a tandem 13,000ft skydive to mark seven years to the day that she began caring for her dad John, 54, who she helps with his medication, after he was left with a brain injury following a stroke.