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Visit this page for all the latest news from Gloucestershire Young Carers .
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click here for the latest We Care, We Count newsletter. |
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Gloucestershire Young Carers Welcomes Sue. Hi, My name is Sue Wright, and I have recently been appointed as the Project worker for Participation and Participation. I come to Gloucestershire Young Carers with a wide range of experience of working with young people, and look forward to meeting you all and working with you. |
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Great week-end had by all at this years Young Carers Festival!
Missing it already? Check out this video
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Gloucestershire Young Carers Forum members recentley took part in a consultation with Gloucestershire County Council and OFSTED. A quote from the report is as follows - ‘The quality of user engagement is adequate , with some strong features…………the involvement of young carers is good at national, regional and local levels. An active young carers’ forum has addressed a number of issues including the possible implications for the future of the service, following the comprehensive spending review. Young carers have been vocal nationally, they have met Members of Parliament locally and feel that they have significantly influenced the service they receive.’ The involvement of young people in the CAMHS retendering process was also mentioned which we were instrumental in facilitating.
Have your say... Click here to be involved in the Young People Change Team campaign. The campaign is about helping Gloucestershire County Council to decide which changes to make to save £108m in response to the recent Comprehensive Spending Review. Cabinet and senior managers have listened to this feedback about priorities and are now in a position to make proposals for service change. Read the Letter Here |
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Owen Knight, a young carer from Tewkesbury, recently met with his local MP Laurence Robertson. Owen, a member of the Young Carers' Forum, put a range of young carers' issues to the MP. He told of his own story of being sole carer for his dad Richard who has fibromyalgia and ME and he talked about the challenges that he had faced when initially starting school at Tewkesbury School. Support from Gloucestershire Young Carers and the TLC centre at Tewkesbury School have enabled Owen to deal with his emotions linked to being a young carer more efficiently. Owen told the MP that there was a need for more support in schools to help other young people facing the same situation and issues as him. |
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Mandy Bell, Gloucestershire Young Carers mental ill health development worker, has just come back from a four week fact finding trip to Austrailia. The trip was funded by Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. This was an amazing opportunity to find out more about work with young carers and parents with mental ill health. Read Mandys amazing blog about her adventures here ************************************************* Find out whats going on this month at Gloucestershire young carers ************************************************* CBBC's Newsround interviewed two Gloucestershire Young Carers about their experiences of being a Young Carer. Click Here to read the interview in full. |
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