Young Carers Action Day Webinar 29 Feb 24

It's Young Carers Action Day on Wednesday 13 March 2024!

• Young Carers Action Day is an annual nationwide event organised by the Carers Trust aimed at raising awareness of the importance of young carers across the country. It has been celebrated for the last six years and helps to raise awareness for young carers who make massive contributions to their communities and families, the day also raises awareness of the pressures and challenges that young carers may face.
• It is believed that as many as 1 in 5 secondary school-aged children have been or will be put in the position of being a young carer, often being responsible for a family member who is ill or disabled.
• You may have previously heard of Young Carers Awareness Day, which has now been renamed to Young Carers Action Day. This important day is focused on what action we can take to support young carers. Plus, the age range as been extended to cover young carers up to the age of 25, so young adults can be included, too.

Use this exciting event to promote inclusion and equality within your school and develop sustainable whole-school improvement.

Whether you have limited time, and just need some posters and assembly ideas, or you are looking to launch a whole-school approach with pupils empowered to lead, we have something for you!

Access our padlet of resources, with everything you need at your fingertips!

Join our short webinar on 29/02/24 for lots of ideas and support to use the resources to achieve maximum impact

Attendance will enable delegates to:

• Learn more about Young Carers Action Day, including how this links to guidance and legislation, including equalities and British Values.
• Be able to measure and evidence impact towards whole-school improvement and Ofsted judgements.
• Access a padlet of pre-prepared resources, that can be used as standalone activities, or to develop a whole-school approach.
• Know how to identify and provide targeted support to children, young people and their families.

All our content is suitable for primary and secondary schools.

If you have celebrated this event previously, or have some ideas to share with other schools, please contact us so we can practice share this as widely as possible, making the biggest difference possible to all our Norfolk children and young people.

If you have any questions, please contact sendandinclusiontraining@norfolk.gov.uk