Support for Young Carers

Practical help, fun activities, and time out for young carers balancing study, friends and family care.

Download the Young Carers brochure

Do you know or consider yourself a young carer?

It’s common that people don’t always identify as one, so we understand you may be uncertain.

So, let’s work out if you are a carer and whether we can help you.

Ask yourself the following, do you ever:

Help take care of someone in your home who has disability, chronic or mental illness, who is frail aged or has an alcohol or drug problem
Worry about leaving the person you care for at home, alone
Get a sore back from lifting the person you care for
Feel like you sometimes don’t get to do regular stuff with your friends
Feel too tired to hang out with your friends or do school work?

If you have answered yes, please keep reading as we’d love to get in touch with you.

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We want to help you

We understand that you have a lot of responsibilities as a young carer, between juggling school or university, hanging out with friends, maintaining a social life and caring for a loved one. So, acting your age can be a slight challenge.

We want you to live your life to its fullest and that means looking after yourself and your wellbeing.

So, this is where we come in. Through our Young Carers Program we can provide you with assistance so you can have some valuable time out.

Our Young Carers Program includes

Helping to shower or dress the person you care for

Helping you to prepare meals or cleaning your house

Taking you to appointments or to the shops

Looking after your loved one in your home or a respite home

Social events, so you can have some fun.

We are your advocate and will support you every step of the way.

So, what’s next?

Our program is for people of all ages who care for someone with needs including mental illness, dementia, disability, chronic condition or illness, older people with care needs, people in palliative care.

Email us to learn more