The National Young Carers Conference  will be held in O Reilly Hall at UCD. This is Youth Participation Project and is funded by Leargas The National Agency.

President Catherine Connolloy will be opening this conference and it will also be supported by the Office of the Children's Ombudsman and will be attended by Dr Niall Muldoon. In attendance to this conference Professor Phillip Jaffe who is the Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights Of the Child will be coming along for the day, and is very excited to meet all of the young carers that join us on the day. We aim to reach 400 people at this event. 

We have a set agenda for this Conference, this day will be an amazing opportunity for young carers to express their thoughts and feelings that they have regarding carrying the role and it will also provide them with a space to highlight the issues of lacking support in society for these young people. Research presentator Dr Sarah Donnelly of UCD ( Carer Harm) and Professor Breda Maloney of UL ( Impact of being a young carer on senior cycle participation), will be carrying out a presentation on the day. 

This event is operated by young carers for young carers  and is also open to key decision makers in the lives of young carers, including educators, youth/social/health care workers, politicians and parents/guardians. The event MC will be Youth Advocate Cara Darmody.

Additionally, there will be information stands hosted by Spunout, Children’s Ombudsman, Carers Alliance, Leargas, and many fun activities for young people, including an appearance by The Kabin Krew, VR activities, photo booth and much more, including a goody bag for every young person.