Bradford young carers enjoy summer of activities thanks to local charity Carers' Resource

Carers’ Resource organised a range of activities, including a mountain bike adventure, kickboxing session, tour of Bradford City’s stadium, visit to White Scar Caves and to Bradford’s VR City, pond dipping at Hardcastle Crags, forest school session, cooking sessions and trampolining. In addition, the charity arranged a family trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park and a visit to Junkyard Golf in Leeds with young adult carers.

The events were made possible by funding from the Holiday Activities and Food programme, and generous donations from Morrisons, Greggs, Asda, White Scar Caves and Fred Towler Charity Trust.

Carers’ Resource is extremely grateful for the funding and donations that have helped create wonderful memories for our Bradford young carers. Without donations, the charity wouldn’t be able to run so many activities and trips.

Jo Gregory, Bradford and Craven Young Carer Service Manager, said: “It’s been an incredible summer for Bradford young carers who have been able to have a summer of respite and fun with their peers. There have been some lifelong friendships formed and young carers have enjoyed new experiences and pushed their boundaries along the way.”

“A huge thank-you to our amazing volunteers, the wonderful organisations who’ve supported us and of course the young carers and families who have joined us throughout the summer.”

Supporting young carers' wellbeing

Young carers help to look after someone, often a parent or a sibling, who has an illness or disability. Some young carers do lots of physical tasks to help, such as cooking and cleaning or helping someone take medicines or get washed. Some young carers don’t do any of these things but they do spend a lot of time worrying about someone, or staying at home to be with them.

Carers’ Resource provides a range of support to help young carers, including fun trips and activities in school holidays, youth clubs and one-to-one support.

The service is designed to support young carers’ wellbeing and resilience, to help them achieve their potential as successful, happy adults. If you are able to help with fundraising for young carers’ trips and activities, please email fundraising@carersresource.org or call us on 0808 50 15 939.