The Me-We Consortium has successfully submitted its second periodic report to the European Commission! Highlights of Year 2 include: A total of 40 young carers/former young carers and 124 stakeholders from different fields (social and health care, school, academy, local…
Yesterday, Eurocarers participated in a strategic dialogue organised between the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and Civil Society Organisations on the reinforcement of the Youth Guarantee. The Youth Guarantee is a structural framework to tackle youth unemployment…
Would you like to exchange ideas with young people in a similar situation? Or do you know someone who is Young Carer? Then tell him or her about this offer: For the international ME-WE project, the Young Carers team at…
The Final dissemination event of the EDY-CARE Project (Innovative School Education Methodologies and Tools for Guaranteeing Social Inclusion of Young Carers) will take place in Brussels on 19th February 2020 from 09:00 to 12:30, at Palais des Académies, rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels. About the project The…
The 3rd International Young Carers Conference, “Identify, Support, Listen to young carers” will be held on 16th and 17th November 2020, in Brussels, Belgium. The 2nd International Young Carers Conference (held from 28th to 31st May 2017 in Malmö, Sweden) focused on the theme “Every child…
Across Europe, a substantial number of children and young people provide care (emotional, personal, practical, financial) to a family member or a friend who is an older person, has a disability, chronic disease, addiction or any other condition related to…
Dear colleagues, the second «Young Carers Conference in Switzerland» will take place on 12th November 2019, 08.30 am to 15.45 pm, Careum Auditorium, Zurich. The programme is available here. The event is open to the public and participation is free…
The findings collected during the first year of the Me-We project have served as basis to co-design and develop – together with adolescent young carers and relevant stakeholders- an innovative framework of primary prevention interventions for adolescent young carers. Caring…
The Minister of Health and Social Affairs wants to work towards a national strategy for carers. The ME-WE project aims to strengthen young people’s mental health. The Minister of Health and Social Affairs in Sweden, Lena Hallengren, wants to work…
The first year of the project was dedicated to gain insight into: the profiles, needs and preferences of adolescent young carers in six European countries (Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and UK); the legislation, policy and service frameworks that exist…