YC Attitude! Spring 2015 Issue 4 - Caring Together · Sunday 7th June 2015 Carers Week BIG...
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1 “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees” Amelia Earhart - Aviator The voice of Young Carers in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Issue 4 Spring 2015 YC Attitude! YC Attitude!
Transcript of YC Attitude! Spring 2015 Issue 4 - Caring Together · Sunday 7th June 2015 Carers Week BIG...
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“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and
make new trees” Amelia Earhart - Aviator
The voice of Young Carers in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Issue 4
Spring 2015 YC Attitude!YC Attitude!
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Well, what a few months it has been! We welcomed back Alice from maternity leave who is now
a Projects Officer for YC/YAC
We said goodbye to Lauren who is now working as a Teaching Assistant in a school. We
recruited to that post and I’m happy to announce that Mandy Brine will be the new Senior
Support Co-ordinator for Young Carers in Huntingdonshire. Mandy has worked for Carers Trust
for a while and brings with her lots of experience!
The Young Adult Carers support post has been enhanced and we are pleased to announce that
Nicky Hornsby from Cambridgeshire County Council will be joining us in June. Nicky brings a
huge amount of experience in working with young people and we are thrilled she is joining our
team.
We are recruiting for a Policy & Development Officer for the whole of YC/YAC service to support
us with campaigns and legislation and also recruiting new Sessional Workers. The service is
growing and we are trying to support as many Young Carers and Young Adult Carers as we
possibly can! We have been very successful with grants and donations and we are eternally
grateful to all the award funders and donators.
Carers Week is coming up, 8th to 14th June, and we have lots of
events for YC’s and YACs, so take a look on page three and go along
if you can.
It was recently our Charity Ball and we were thrilled that some Young
Adult Carers and Young Carers joined us for the evening. It was
fantastic. We scrubbed up well too and we had a great evening.
We handed a petition in at the Department of Education for a
Fairstart for Young Carers. This was national petition and we felt
very honoured to be asked to represent the network. Our summer
programme is almost finalised so watch this space. As every year,
places are limited so make sure if you want to go you send in your consent forms.
We have so much news it is time for me to stop and let you read on. Again, I want to thank the
team; they work incredibly hard to do as much as they can for Young Carers and Young Adult
Carers!
If you have any news stories or ideas for funding, please send them in.
This is your newsletter so would be great to hear from you all!
Tracy’s Bit!
Cover Photos: Top L-R - Young Carers climb Jacob’s Ladder at Grafham Water during a day activity session;
Young Adult Carers having fun during a three-day residential at Grafham Water. Bottom L-R - Farewell Selfie -
Lauren’s Farewell Selfie with the team; Young Carers deliver the Fairstart petition to the Department of Education in
London, pictured near the Houses of Parliament. Do you have a Photo you would like to share for the next issue?
Email it to [email protected]
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Carers Week 2015 - 8th to 14th June
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.
This year the focus is on building Carer Friendly Communities.
Check out the Carers Week website.
Young Carers events taking place during the week will be:
Sunday 7th June 2015
Carers Week BIG Breakfast with the Mayor of Huntingdon! - during Huntingdon YC Group,
11:30-12:30.
Monday 8th June 2015
Awareness and promotional stand at Cambridge Regional College , 11:00-13:00.
Tuesday 9th June 2015
Awareness and promotional stand at Peterborough Regional College, 11:00-13:00.
Hinchingbrooke School - Promotional event and activity with school.
Cromwell Community College Bake Sale, 15:00.
Wednesday 10th June 2015
Awareness and promotional stand at Neale Wade Academy, 13:00-15:00.
WRAP Competition - Who can make the best wrap? At St Ives Young Carers group.
Carers Day Out, supported by local Rotary Clubs. A chance for Young Carers to have a break from their caring role and enjoy a fun day out. - In Ramsey and St Neots Young Carers Group.
Thursday 11th June 2015
Interview on Peterborough Community Radio Project (Peterborough FM) on the
City Buzz show. Listen online at www.peterborough.fm.
Awareness and promotional stand at Thomas Clarkson Academy, 13:00-15:00.
Friday 12th June 2015
Cake Off with staff and students at St Peters School, 12:00-13:30.
Awareness and promotional stand at Huntingdon Regional College, 11:00-13:00.
www.carersweek.org
If you want to know more about the above
events, contact the Group Leader for that area.
Contact Details are on the back page.
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E-Bulletin
There are so many great news stories
happening within the Young Carers and
Young Adult Carers Projects that we want
to get the news out to you sooner.
To this end, we will shortly be introducing a E-Bulletin, that will come
out monthly with the latest news, events and group dates straight to
your inbox.
If you would like to receive this FREE E-Bulletin, then please email
[email protected] with the Subject Line ‘Subscribe’.
Hidden 2015
In the last edition, we reported that two of our Young Carer Champions had their portraits taken
and included in a national exhibition in London.
The event was a huge success and many hundreds visited the week long exhibition.
Alex Wicks, one of the YC Champions included in the exhibition writes:
“I was recently invited to be part of a Young Carers in Focus (YCiF)
portrait exhibition called ‘Hidden’.
I went to the exhibition at The OXO Tower Wharf in London with another
Young Carer Champion from Peterborough and my Project Worker and
whilst I was there I was also able to meet with a variety of other Young
Carers from all across the country.”
At the exhibition there was lots of famous people attending, such as Dick and Dom and Jade
Ewen from the Sugababes. I was surprised to find out that Jade’s dad was blind, and so I was
able to relate to that because my dad is blind as well.
All of the pictures for the exhibition were all taken by a photographer
http://bit.ly/1DXNRA7
If you want to know more about YCiF or the Hidden Exhibition,
use the link below.
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Family Fund - Applications Open
Have you ever wanted to go out as a family but never get the opportunity?
Carers Trust Cambridgeshire are giving Young Carers and Young Adult Carers the
opportunity to apply for some funding to go towards or pay for the family outing.
You could go out for a meal, a picnic, go out on a train ride or bowling trip, a trip to the seaside
to make special memories.
You can apply for up to £100.
All you need to do is complete an application pack and if successful we will be in touch.
To receive an application pack, please contact Tracy Hyland or a member of the Young
Carers/Young Adult Carers Team, email: [email protected] or
telephone 01480 499098.
Group Activities
We asked our Young Carers/Young Adult Carers and Siblings groups to describe their group
session in one word. See the Wordle for what they said.
If you have not been to a group session yet or
have not been for a while, why not come along
to the next group. You have the opportunity to
do some arts and crafts, speak to member of
staff, cooking, baking, play sports, play games
and much more.
All group sessions are supported by Group
Leader, Session workers, and volunteers.
See Page 7 for group dates.
CarerSmart - benefits ~ discounts ~ offers
CarerSmart is a new club from Carers Trust, the UK’s largest carers charity, and is open to
carers, people with care needs and staff and volunteers across the Carers Trust network.
Joining is easy and FREE. To register, log into www.carersmart.org.
Benefits include: cash back on shopping from numerous high street retailers, best rates from
energy providers, reductions on insurance renewals, discount on holidays and travel
arrangements, reduced price lifestyle activities, free legal advice services and much more.
Take a look at the online calculator to see how much you could save.
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We've been looking at a range of topics since the last newsletter including finances, goals and aspirations, identity and not forgetting a personal favourite Banana Art for Fairtrade. Sessions are open to all Young Adult Carers aged 16+ and if you are worried that you might have to leave your Young Carers group don't, YACs support is tailored to your needs, to support your transition and accessed when you need it. It is also a great additional pathway to involve yourself in other projects, such as Take the Lead, and targeted work. It's rather fun too if we say so ourselves!!!
Take the Lead
The final stage of this innovative and inspirational new project will soon be upon us with interviews for the internship taking place shortly but let's have a look back at what was achieved in the run up to this point. 9 Young Adult Carers embarked on a revolutionary new project. Undertaking a mixture of development awareness and knowledge sessions, a 3 day residential and 1:1 support these young people were able to develop new skills, identify those they had already and push themselves through
challenges they didn't think they could complete. Everything learned and reinforced was then used to strengthen or create their CVs and enhance personal statements for future employment or educational use. Bethany West said about the project so far "it has helped me to develop my leadership skills something I will be needing to use now in college to designate group roles in my final exams.” We wish everyone going for the internship Good Luck! And well done to all that shared the journey so far.
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YAC Promotion - Come and Say Hi!
Don’t forget Babble & Matter are there for you!
Are you/were you a student at either Cambridge Regional College, Huntingdon Regional College
or Peterborough Regional College?
If ‘Yes’, then Lisa will be at the regional colleges between 11am to 1pm. Come along and help
promote Young Adult Carers or have a chat with Lisa.
Cambridge Regional College - Monday 8th June 2015
Peterborough Regional College - Tuesday 9th June 2015
Huntingdon Regional College - Friday 12th June 2015
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Diary Dates
Fenland Young Carers Groups
Whittlesey Scaldgate Centre Fortnightly Monday 4:30pm-6:00pm
March Young People March Fortnightly Tuesday 5:00pm-6:30pm
Wisbech Oasis Centre Fortnightly Thursday 5:00pm-6:30pm
Huntingdon Young Carers Groups
Huntingdon Huntingdon Youth Centre
Monthly Sunday 10:30am-12:30pm
Ramsey Ramsey Youth Centre
Fortnightly Wednesday 3:15pm-4:45pm
Sawtry Sawtry Youth Centre Fortnightly Tuesday 3:30pm-4:30pm
St Ives Broadleas Centre Fortnightly Wednesday 3:30pm-5:00pm
St Neots Bargroves Fortnightly Wednesday 5:15pm-6:45pm
Cambridgeshire Young Carers School Groups
Cromwell Community College
Fortnightly Tuesday 3:30pm-5:00pm
Hinchingbrooke School
Room 101 Fortnightly Tuesday 3:00pm-4:00pm
St Peters School Community Lounge Fortnightly Tuesday 3:05pm-4:05pm
Peterborough Young Carers Groups
Under 12 Tesco Community Space, Hampton
Fortnightly Friday 4:30pm-6:00pm
Over 12 ASDA Community Room
Fortnightly Wednesday 5:30pm-7:00pm
Young Carers Champions
John Lewis Community Room
Bi-monthly Thursday 5:00pm-6:30pm
Siblings SPACE Groups
Tesco Community Space, Hampton
Fortnightly Tuesday 5:00pm-6:30pm
STRIVE Groups
Fenland March Library Meeting Room
Monthly 1st Wednesday
Drop In: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Session: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Huntingdon Tesco Community Space, Tesco Huntingdon
Monthly 3rd Friday
Drop In: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Session: 6:30pm-8:30pm
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Head Office:
4 The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4LG
Tel: 0845 241 0954 or 01480 499090
[email protected] | www.carerstrustcambridgeshire.org
Peterborough Office:
60 St. Mark’s Street, Peterborough, PE1 2TU
Tel: 01733 645234
[email protected] | www.carerstrustpeterborough.org
Registered charity: 1091522. West Anglia Crossroads Caring for Carers (known as Carers Trust Cambridgeshire and Carers Trust Peterborough) is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales No. 4379948.
We would like to thank the many supporters and benefactors who have helped Young Carers, Young Adult Carers and Siblings over the years. We would also like to thank all the staff, trustees and volunteers within Carers Trust Cambridgeshire and Carers Trust Peterborough.
We couldn’t do it without you!
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Team Contact Details
Tracy Hyland - YC/YAC/Siblings Manager
Mobile: 07432 126 724
Mandy Brine - Senior Support Co-ordinator,
Huntingdonshire
Mobile: 07534 321 249
Debbie King - Fenland YC Team Leader
Mobile: 07432 128 630
Danielle Cousins - P’boro YC Group Leader
Mobile: 07534 321 265
Lisa Masters - YAC Group Leader & Siblings
Session Worker
Mobile: 07956 455 680
Alice Boon - Projects Officer
John Turner - Business Support
Mobile: 07534 321 540
Daniel Baker - YAC Session Worker
Contact Us
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