Resources

Carers Trust offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with unpaid carers. To find a resource, please use the search options in the right hand column or search through the list below. If you have any queries about our resources, please contact web@carers.org.

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Stirling Young Carers

Welcome to the new Digital Education Hub for all staff in Scotland working with young carers in schools. These resources are for Stirling.

Published: 2020

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West Lothian Young Carers

Welcome to the new Digital Education Hub for all staff in Scotland working with young carers in schools. These resources are for West Lothian.

Published: 2020

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Supporting Students with Caring Responsibilities in Further Education in Wales

A Wales-specific, user-friendly resource, this toolkit was developed in partnership with Learning and Work Institute to increase awareness of student carers and their specific needs, promote existing good practice from colleges and carers services and offering expert recommendations.

Published: 2018

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools. A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. Tools to Support Young Carer Services to Secure Funding for Local School Engagement Work

This tool, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services, provides key information for young carers services on gaining funding for school engagement work.

Published: 2017

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Initial Teacher Education Providers

This toolkit provides essential tools, templates and guidance for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers who already include young carers as a key topic within their training programmes and ITE providers who are developing their training content regarding young carers.

Published: 2017

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services

This toolkit provides essential support to enable young carers services in England to significantly increase the identification and support of young carers in schools, and to secure vital new or continuation funding for local school engagement work.

Published: 2017

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. Tools to Support Young Carer Services to Build and Maintain Engagement with Schools

This step, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services, provides key information for schools who want to build and maintain engagement with schools.

Published: 2017

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. Tools to Support Young Carer Services to Gather Impact Data from Schools

This step, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services, provides key information for services who want to gather impact data from schools.

Published: 2017

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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.

Published: 2017

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Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Young Carers Services. Tools to Support Young Carer Services with Limited Capacity to Signpost Schools to 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 who have limited capacity to signpost schools to Young Carers in Schools.

Published: 2017