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Young carers on young carers
Spurgeons talked to the young carers we work with in the West Midlands about their lives as teenagers, carers and regulars at our young carers groups. Though modest and generally unassuming about their role, their identity as young carers is…
Service in the spotlight: Giving Young Carers a voice
Census data identifies 173,000 young carers in the UK (2016), though BBC research projects up to 700,000, or 3 times as many, have caring needs that are yet to be identified. These young people are caring for a family member…
Challenging year prompts an inspirational act of kindness for young carer, Chloe
The past year has been very challenging for so many, especially the young people who access Spurgeons Young Carers services across Birmingham and Wolverhampton. For these young people, attending Spurgeons’ young carers groups provides respite from the adult responsibilities of…
New funding backs Spurgeons’ work with West Midlands youth
Spurgeons is set to enhance the services its West Midlands youth projects can offer, thanks to some hard fund raising work and the generosity of a number of new grants and trusts. Our Young Carers services in Birmingham and Wolverhampton…
Young carers tell their stories on national TV
Following reports that on average young carers are ‘working 25 hours a week’ looking after their loved ones, three young people from our Birmingham Young Carers Service appeared ‘live’ BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show to discuss the challenges of being a…
How Poppy can now go fly a kite, thanks to our Craig
Spurgeons works with around 600 young carers in the West Midlands. One of them, Poppy, has lived through domestic abuse, homelessness and isolation. Now she’s set to appear in her school production of Mary Poppins. Craig, one of our Young…
Young carer Mya ‘graduates’ from Spurgeons with distinction
Spurgeons’ Birmingham Young Carers group received national recognition as a finalist at this year’s Children & Young People Awards, in London. Spurgeons works with nearly 600 young carers across the West Midlands. These are young people with a maturity beyond…
How an award-winning project gave city’s young carers a break… till the money ran out
Timing, they say, is everything but it didn’t quite work out recently for Spurgeons’ Birmingham Young Carers group. Just before it was made a double finalist in the 2019 Children & Young People Now Awards, for an initiative targeted at…
Awards success champions ‘the Spurgeons way’
With two projects both being shortlisted in two categories, Spurgeons has established a strong presence in this year’s Children & Young People Now Awards. The Saturdads group at Peterborough’s Honeyhill Children’s Centre, which celebrated its 10th Anniversary in August, is…