Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. Tools to Support Young Carer Services to Raise the Local Profile Of Young Carers in Schools

This step, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services, provides key information for young carers services that want to raise the local profile of the Young Carers in Schools programme.

This is section 2 of the tools in Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. 

Tools to support your work to raise the profile of the Young Carers in School programme in your local area

• Tool 1: Template letter to local authorities.
• Tool 2: Template letter to Regional Schools Commissioners.
• Tool 3: Template letter to dioceses.
• Tool 4: Template letter to local branches of education sector trade unions and associations.
• Tool 5: Education sector trade unions and associations newsletter articles/blogs promoting Young Carers in Schools.
• Tool 6: Template letter and newsletter articles to school networks promoting Young Carers in Schools.
• Tool 7: Template text about Young Carers in Schools for use on websites.
• Tool 8: Young Carers in Schools impact infographic.
• Tool 9: Template letter to governors.
• Tool 10: Template letter to headteachers (for young carers services which are currently in partnership with schools).
• Tool 11: Template letter for headteachers (for young carers who have not engaged with schools previously).
• Tool 12: Young Carers in Schools introductory powerpoint.)
• Tool 13: Checklist of key messages to include in communications with schools.
• Tool 14: Checklist of resources to hand out to schools.
• Tool 15: Young Carers in Schools A4 promotional leaflet (editable).
• Tool 16: Young Carers in Schools quote bank.
• Tool 17: A checklist to support governing bodies to evaluate the effectiveness of their school's provision.