Research

Enabling Young Carers to Pursue their Goals in Life and Reach their Full Potential: Converting Research Findings into Policy Actions

Resource title: Enabling Young Carers to Pursue their Goals in Life and Reach their Full Potential: Converting Research Findings into Policy Actions
Published: 2019    Author: ME-WE consortium

Carers Trust is involved in a research project, 'Psychosocial support for promoting mental health and well-being among adolescent young carers in Europe'. It is also known as ‘ME-WE’. It's aim is to support the mental health, wellbeing and resilience of young carers. The project runs from January 2018–June 2021. This policy brief provides an overview of year one of the project.

Key points

This policy brief provides an overview of the following in year one of the project:

  • What it is like being an adolescent young carer.
  • Recognition, protection, support: what the law says on young carers.
  • Successful strategies to improve young carers mental health and wellbeing.
  • Translating research findings into policy.