Young Carers Support App
If you support young carers, you can now provide easy access to reliable information, promote safe self-care and signpost services with the Young Carers Support App.
The app has been created for any provider — from local authorities to NHS organisations, schools, universities, young carers and mental health charities, and private care and support services.
Use the app at no cost to provide reliable health and wellbeing information at scale, promote safe self-care, and direct young carers to available services — all in one safe and discreet place.
Who created the app?
Expert Self Care co-produced with the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, charities and young carers.
Why this app?
Young carers often face unique challenges that can significantly impact their lives. Balancing caregiving responsibilities with school, social activities, and personal development can lead to stress, fatigue, and feelings of isolation.
Whis this app you can give young carers access to appropriate support and resources tailored to their specific needs. Provide a dedicated platform where young carers can find information and access mental health resources.
Help young carers manage their responsibilities more effectively, receive guidance from professionals, and build a supportive community — ultimately helping to improve their overall well-being and quality of life.
What topics does the app cover?
- About: What is a young carer, what can make caring hard, common feelings, caring and your life, what are my rights, what about my future, finding info and support, and more.
- Support: Support for minority groups, why seek support, what support can I get, who can offer support, getting help from your GP, young carers assessment, how to ask for support, national organisations, local services, useful websites, useful apps, helplines, and more.
- Relationships: The person you care for, feeling lonely and isolated, family and household, friends, bullying, relationships and sex, abuse and violence.
- Education: Caring and education, getting help at school, college and university, apprenticeships, career and employment.
- Calm zone: How to relax, crafting, painting and drawing, creative writing, listening to music, games and puzzles, online videos and podcasts, books and reading, inspirational quotes, films and movies, making music, and more.
- Life: Everyday skills, communication, time management, online safety, shopping, preparing meals, money and benefits, manual handling, life and career skills.
- Conditions: Managing someone's health, ADHD, autism, cancer, dementia, diabetes, substance misuse, epilepsy, learning disability, and more.
- Your health: Finding health information, your GP surgery, your pharmacist, healthy eating, keeping active, coping with puberty, finding your identity, alcohol and drugs, teeth and mouth, long-term health issues, and more.
- Mental health: Mental wellbeing, boosting your mood, mental ill health, feeling anxious, feeling stressed, feeling low or lonely, sleep problems, and more.
- Emergency: I can't cope, medical emergencies, mental health emergency, social emergencies, first aid, planning for emergencies.
- Private options: Equipment and gadgets, private carers, housing options.
How accurate and reliable is the information on the app?
The app bears the Patient Information Forum 'PIF Tick', the UK quality mark for trustworthy health information.
Local customisation
Local areas can customise the app for young carers in their area.
Get in touch
To find out more about the app, please contact us.
Page last reviewed: 31 May 2024