Tag: Young Carers
Jun 3, 2010 9:30 AM
It was a great drive through Warwickshire countryside to get to Honiley to the Warwickshire Young Carers base after breakfast with the Alcester Alauna Club. John Hughes and I met with Anthony, the Warwickshire Young Carers Coordinator, to talk through how we would develop the narrowboat project next year.
By the end of this summer over 80 Young Carers from around the District will have been on the boat for anything from1-4 days over the past year - something I feel very proud of and...
Mar 2, 2010 5:15 PM
As RYLA approaches it was useful to have a meeting to talk through where we are regarding funding, numbers participating and the organisation of the events. It was great to hear that we have more volunteer helmsmen which takes the pressure off those who have previously had to cover many weeks.
The UK RYLA is planned to include a Young Carer (who has become a Carer because they have turned 18) on each trip and with the great support of clubs what looked like being one week of the UK...
Feb 7, 2010 5:30 PM
It was great to see work with my chosen charity taking place in person. Solihull St. Alphege work closely with the Solihull Young Carers and this was the third year that they have put on this event for the group. We all met at Wok's Hall and started with a human bingo game which got everyone mixing and finding out about each other. We then had a quiz followed by a lovely chinese buffet. It is amazing how much food teenagers can eat - some went up for at least 6 or 7 helpings. The...
