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This week for #CarersWeek, we’ll be thinking about #whatworks in supporting young adult carers – and what still needs to be done.👇
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Young adult carers are young people aged 16–24 who provide unpaid care to someone, usually a family member, on a regular basis.
🔎 The 2021 Census identified 272,731 young adult carers in England and Wales...
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🔎 The 2021 Census identified 272,731 young adult carers in England and Wales...
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... However, the real number of young adult carers is likely to be much higher, as many do not always consider themselves to be carers or are worried about disclosing their caring role.
Around 37,000 young people provide over 50 hours of care each week. ⏰
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Around 37,000 young people provide over 50 hours of care each week. ⏰
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Let me tell you a tale about #BTECs, which I taught in the early 90s. (Names changed.)
Some of the students I taught General Art & Design (GAD) BTEC also did an A-level or two, but many of them didn't. And far too many of them had already been failed by schools that treated...
Some of the students I taught General Art & Design (GAD) BTEC also did an A-level or two, but many of them didn't. And far too many of them had already been failed by schools that treated...
...'non-academic' kids as inferior, slow or disruptive. Some of my students did have problems; most often no fault of their own. But they showed up. And together, we learned.
I still remember the 'lightbulb moments' - the pieces & projects when young people found their stride...
I still remember the 'lightbulb moments' - the pieces & projects when young people found their stride...
B, who wanted to make a monkey's head with the brains showing (I think he went into film special effects); little S, who channelled Botticelli in her chicken-wire and papier-mâché shell; J, who discovered his photographer's eye with my good friend, Rob; P, and his 'graphical...
