Our charity was set up in 2013 to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by Young Carers. Due to their responsibilities at home, Young Carers often miss out on opportunities to play and learn, they can feel under pressure and isolated, and they may struggle with their schoolwork. Your contribution will help us fund a variety of activities, for example: swimming and rugby lessons, first aid courses, judo and a whole range of pure fun events with other children, offering them the chance to experience a more normal childhood.
We are a Registered Charity (UK Charity Number 1156680) with the aim of raising money and providing for these experiences. We have virtually no overheads, i.e. no administrative staff to pay, no offices to rent, and no utility bills to pay.
Our goal is to help any child or young person under the age of 18 from any ethnic or social background whose life is affected by caring for a member of their family who may have a physical or mental illness, a long term health condition or a terminal illness, or, have problems with alcohol or drug misuse. Young Carers can live in single parent families and be the main carer. Some will help the main parent to care, some help parents to care for another child and some have more than one person in the family who needs care.
Social Services and Berkshire Carers Service recognise these children and have put in an infrastructure, to firstly identify who they are, and secondly to ensure they get all the bare essential help they need. However, what is not funded, or provided are the simple, enjoyable experiences that the vast majority of children take for granted, enabling them to behave like children, and be treated like children rather than the routine adult world they invariably live in.
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