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The Partnership is consulting on the support offered to young carers in the borough, specifically to understand what services are currently offered and to get a better understanding of what families need. We hope to use this information to improve the help we offer.

Completing this short survey will help us with this work, we hope you can take a few minutes to fill it in.

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* 1. What does the term young carer mean to you?

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* 2. One description of what being a young carer means is: a child or young person who takes on caring responsibilities for a family member with a long-term illness, disability, mental health or substance misuse issue (this might include a parent or sibling). A young carer is a child or young person under the age of 18 carrying out significant caring tasks and assuming a level of responsibility for another person, which would normally be taken by an adult.
Based on the description of what a young carer is, do you recognise this as a description of any children and young people you know?

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* 3. Where would you expect children and young people to go to get help if they needed support around caring responsibilities?

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* 4. Why might children and young people not want to talk about being a young carer?

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* 5. What might help a child or young person in their role as a young carer?

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