Today the international community celebrates the 29th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. States have committed to do everything in their power to protect and promote children’s rights to survive and thrive, to learn and grow, to…
On the occasion of the World Mental Health Day, the European Commission DG Research & Innovation sheds lights on young carers with an article on Caring for the mental health of young carers. The Me-We Project is presented as a pioneering…
On this day, dedicated to mental health, Eurocarers would like to shed light on young carers, a group of young people that is particularly vulnerable to mental distress and illness and yet that largely remains invisible. Young carers are people…
Wie meistert die 12-jährige Sarah ihren Alltag, wenn ihre Mutter stark an Polyarthritis leidet? Welche Aufgaben im Haushalt übernimmt sie, die über das «normale Mass» an Ämtli hinausgehen? Hat der 15-jährige Joël manchmal das Gefühl, zu kurz zu kommen neben seinen Brüdern Alain (17)…
The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with organisations working for carers (Anziani e Non Solo, CARER, COMIP and Eurocarers). The aim is to raise schools professionals’ awareness on young carers and to…
The UK charity Partnership for Children has developed an inspiring school based programme – Zippy’s Friends - to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young children. Starting from the recognition that modern life can be full of challenges…
All over Europe, there are children, teenagers and young adults who take care of an ill or disabled family member. Studies suggest that 1-2 teenagers in every school class are taking on those responsibilities. We call them Young Carers and…
The latest issue of the DG Justice Newsletter on the Rights of Child features a whole section dedicated to Raising awareness on the issue of young carers! It includes a report of the Interest Group on Informal Carers, held on…
While the general issue of informal care seems to be (slowly but increasingly) recognised by policy makers, young carers do not yet feature on national or European policy agendas. During the meeting of the European Parliament Informal Carers Interest Group held…