Young Carers Action Day: Wednesday 12th March 2025
What you can do to help give young carers a break
If you work with young carers or young adult carers, you will know they are spending ever-increasing amounts of time looking after a family member at home. They are exhausted. And their message this Young Carers Action Day is simple:
Give Me A Break
That’s why local carer centres in England, Scotland and Wales are putting on a wide range of activities to help give young carers a break this Young Carers Action Day.
Ideas for giving young carers a break range from drumming workshops and drama and graffiti activities, to boxing and fitness and wellbeing sessions.
Young carers in north Tyneside are heading out to a local farm. And the Lambeth Carers Centre is putting on a special pampering and spa day which includes a take home goody bag.
You can join them in helping to give young carers a break – put on an activity of your own!
If you’re still looking for inspiration on what you can do to give young carers a break, we’d love to hear from you. Email youngcarers@carers.org and we’ll get back to you with ideas on what you can do.
Sign the Young Carers Covenant
Another great way you can support young carers this Young Carers Action Day is to sign the Young Carers Covenant. It sets out ten key outcomes that are essential to improving the lives of young carers.
Signing the Covenant shows support for young carers, as well as a commitment to taking action towards making these outcomes a reality.
Any person or organisation in a position to help young carers can sign the Covenant.
SIGN THE YOUNG CARERS COVENANTFind out more about our Young Carers in Schools programme
Are you a teacher or someone working in a school and want to find out how you can support young carers?
Our Young Carers in Schools programme, run jointly with The Children's Society, works with schools across England. It shares good practice, relevant tools including lesson plans and training, and helps to achieve better outcomes for young carers in school settings.
Help young carers turn up the noise on social media
One great way to help young carers get heard as we get closer to Young Carers Action Day is to follow us on social media and share our content on your own social media channels.
Make sure you are following us and share our videos and content.
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There’s a range of social media assets you can use now to promote Young Carers Action Day.
Shareable social media assets
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Online resources available to promote Young Carers Action Day
We’ve uploaded a series of posters (in English and Welsh language) to help you promote Young Carers Action Day.
There are posters for young carers to post in their schools, as well as posters aimed at professionals working with young people.
We’ve also created a storytelling guide to help you and young carers to tell stories that really connect with audiences, and a Young Carers in Education guide for you to send to your contacts in education.