Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) has announced the applications for Young Carers Activity Fund to give young carers aged under 18 a break from their caring role and to give them choice about how they take this break.
Funding Information
They also accept applications for up to £300 for activities for groups of young carers, as well as individual applications.
Activities
- They will consider any application which will give an eligible young carer a break from caring.
- Examples include:
- Costs of activities to have a break e.g. swimming, gym membership, a spa/pamper day
- Transport to get to an activity
- Courses for leisure or personal development (e.g. driving lessons, art or music classes)
- Equipment that will help you take a break (e.g. a laptop/tablet, a Netflix or magazine subscription, a trampoline for the garden)
- The young carer and cared-for person going away together, for example to a bed and breakfast or a caravan. In a case like this though, the application MUST show how the young carer will get a break from caring
- The cared-for person going into respite while the young carer takes a break at home or goes on holiday
- Care workers going into the cared-for person’s home to enable the young carer to go out or go on holiday
- A relative travelling to Sheffield to care for the cared-for person while the young carer takes a break
- Please note: Applications must make it clear how the cared-for person and the young carer will be safe and well looked after whilst the breaks are taking place.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can be considered for a grant if:
- You live in Sheffield
- You are aged under 18
- You are identified as a young carer either by:
- Having a Young Carers Assessment (copy must be attached) OR
- Being a member of Sheffield Young Carers (SYC) in the past
- Please note: They do not give grants to current SYC members or those on the waiting list as they are getting or will be getting a break through the SYC service
- You have not received this grant for the last two years
- You will use the funding within the next six months (activities cannot be funded after they have happened).
For more information, visit https://www.sheffieldyoungcarers.org.uk/young-carers-activity-fund