Young Carers

Reading Borough Council runs a Young Carers' Project for young people aged between 6 and 19 who are defined as 'carers'.

This definition is: anyone in the Reading Borough Council area between the ages of 6 and 19 years who provides an inappropriate level of support on a regular basis to an adult who is unable to fulfil personal care tasks or other family roles and responsibilities because of a physical or mental illness, substance or alcohol misuse and/or providing support to siblings who have disabilities and require high levels of support.

Our projects are divided according to age, with a youth club provided for 6-12 year-olds and an 8-week programme aimed at 13-19-year-olds.  For further information about either of these, click on the link below.

If you are a young carer, parent of a young carer or a professional in contact with a young carer and would like to get involved in the project, please complete our online referral form, which you will find on the referral page below.  For further information, please contact the Young Carers' Project.

Article		Description
	Referral to our Young Carers' Project	This page details the criteria that a young person must fulfil in order to be eligible for services from the Young Carers' Project and contains an online form to refer a young person to the project
	Services for All Young Carers	Information about services available to all young carers, regardless of age
	Services for Young Carers aged 13 to 19	Information about services available for carers aged 13 to 19 years
	Services For Young Carers aged 6 to 12	Information about services on offer for carers aged 6-12 years.