Where you will find:

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• Evaluation Form for This Event

• Photos of the Day

• NEXUS Training Raising Awareness About Young Carers

• Information about the 2026 ‘Art of Caring Advocacy in Action’ Days in Roscommon, Wicklow and Cork during May, June and July

 

Some handy resources for you to explore include:

me-we.eu – Young Carers 

offers Psychosocial support for promoting mental health and wellbeing among adolescent young carers in Europe

https://nexusproject.eu/

Nexus – connecting research, policy and practices to support young carers

https://eurocarers.org/

Eurocarers – European Association Working for Carers

Here you can find the 2026 New Publication: 

Minimum Support Standards for Young Carers and Child Participation

developed under the OUR VOICES project (CERV-2024-CHILD)

Sources that we used today

 

https://www.familycarers.ie/research/research-publications/state-of-caring-reports/

 

https://www.familycarers.ie/media/wjufwcdx/young-carers-in-ireland-insight-into-the-prevalence-and-experiences-of-young-carers-in-ireland-using-data-from-the-hbsc-2018-study-2020.pdf

 

https://www.familycarers.ie/media/2f1cxoy1/understanding-carer-harm-2023.pdf

 

https://www.familycarers.ie/media/4njlrh1t/sharing-the-caring-young-carers-experiences-and-access-to-supports-in-ireland-2023.pdf

 

The Vulnerability and Injustices Faced by Young Carers in Developed Societies published by Gottfried Schweiger. Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/4/101

 

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpp4/censusofpopulation2022profile4-disabilityhealthandcarers/carers/

 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2024/754204/IPOL_IDA(2024)754204_EN.pdf

 

TOYAC http://www.youngadultcarers.eu/?page_id=34

 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-024-02992-y

 

https://www.jrf.org.uk/care/what-pushes-unpaid-carers-into-poverty

Sources that we used today continued……

https://assets.gov.ie/static/documents/young-ireland-6782f479-d5da-4f33-85a1-b49e39490912.pdf

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​carer-harm-information-leaflet-for-all-family-carers.pdf

 

https://www.youth.ie/articles/launching-the-state-of-our-young-nation-a-report-into-the-lives-of-irish-18-29-year-olds/

 

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The National Young Carers Conference 2026, FIKA Focus Groups that informed it and the upcoming ‘Art of Caring - Advocacy in Action’ days were brought to you as part of Erasmus+ Key Action 154 Youth Participation Funding.

The funding was granted by Leargas the Irish National Agency for Adult Education, School Education, Vocational Education and Training, Youth and Sport. We THANK THEM VERY MUCH

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You can find out more here https://www.leargas.ie/

 

We also appreciate the support given to us by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children https://www.oco.ie/

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THANK YOU to Dunnes, Lily O’Briens Chocolates, Koo Koo Athlone, Insomnia Coffee Company, The Reading Room Carrick on Shannon, Hologen Technology, Sequena Make Up, Emily Cuddy Art Psychotherapy, Leah O’Donohue Visual Artist, Sophia Lawless Travers Photography Family Carers Ireland, Care Champions, CAIM Empowers Consulting, Jigsaw, Spun Out, Youth Information Services, The Kabon Crew, Hawthorn, Fiona Lucia McGarry, Fastlane Line Audio Visual, UCD O’Reilly Hall, Gather and Gather Catering and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Volunteer Centre and all of our volunteers, presenters, performers and participants.