Young carer

There are a large number of young people in Herefordshire who look after a member of their family, or a friend, with either a disability or long term illness.

You are not alone and there is support available to help you.

Herefordshire Young Adult Carers (YAC) can offer help to 16-25 year olds. Services include:

• Signposting to other agencies
• offering help and support with college/ university
• training and employment
• housing and other benefits
• access to counselling

As well as the help above, it also gives young adult carers the opportunity to meet each other in a social environment.

HYAC has also formed a club and organises guest speakers on a variety of topics including supported housing, sex education as well as holding musical events.   

At Hereford Sixth Form college there is a drop in centre, every Tuesday from 1.05pm to 2.05pm in the Well Being Centre.

HYAC meets fortnightly on a Tuesday from 6.30pm to 9.00pm at Centre 18, Symonds Street, Hereford.  It is a small friendly group which offers advice and support and is somewhere to meet new friends in similar circumstances.

For more information please contact Herefordshire Carers Support on 01432 356068 or email help@herefordshirecarersupport.org .You can also visit Herefordshire Carers Support website for further information and advice on young carers at http://www.herefordshirecarerssupport.org/young/index.htm. Alternatively you can visit Herefordshire Carers Support, Canal Road, Hereford HR1 2EA.

You can also get support from a social worker. Young carers under the age of 16 are entitled to a Carers Assessment when the person they care for is assessed or re-assessed under a Community Care Assessment.  Tel 01905 768020 for more information.